Chapter 6 - THE SECOND ATTEMPTThe hospital hallway was almost empty.
It was 2:13 a.m.
Ethan was asleep in a chair beside his father's bed.
A man in a white coat approached.
He carried a syringe.
He checked the room number.
Then entered.
Ethan opened his eyes.
“Who are you?”
The man smiled.
“I'm here to adjust the IV.”
Ethan looked at the badge.
It was turned backward.
“What's your name?”
The man didn't answer.
He moved toward the IV.
Ethan stood.
“Step away.”
The man lunged.
The syringe fell.
Ethan tackled him against the bed.
Alarms exploded through the room.
Security rushed in.
The stranger fought desperately.
Then screamed:
“She told me to finish it!”
Ethan froze.
“Who?”
The man looked at him.
“Your stepmother.”
The words echoed through the room.
By sunrise, the news had spread.
SECOND ATTEMPT ON RESURRECTED BUSINESSMAN'S LIFE.
Maria watched the report from her mansion.
Her hands trembled.
She threw the remote against the wall.
“This wasn't supposed to happen.”
Her lawyer entered.
“We need to leave.”
“No.”
“You could be arrested.”
Maria stared at him.
“Not yet.”
She walked toward her study.
“There is still one thing I can control.”
“What?”
She opened a drawer.
Inside was the original family will.
And beside it—
A second document.
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Signed by her husband.
Dated after his death.
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