Sofia slept straight through until five in the evening.
Dr. Foster—the one who'd argued with Maeve earlier—had stayed, shamelessly lingering for the sake of the truth. He refused to believe a simple little tablet could bring a three-day fever down to normal in less than twenty minutes.
The moment Sofia woke, Dr. Foster rushed in with his assistant and ran a full set of checks.
When the lab results came back, he just stared at them, blank.
He'd been convinced the "miracle" pill had to be some black-market steroid bomb.
But the numbers didn't lie. Sofia's indicators were improving at an astonishing rate across the board.
Dr. Foster wasn't the type to cling to pride when reality was beating him over the head. With proof this solid, arguing would only make him look petty.
He swallowed hard and turned to Maeve. "Miss Vance… I owe you an apology for earlier."
"You're young, but in pharmacology… I can't even compare."
Half a day, and the patient had rebounded to this degree. Dr. Foster had to admit it—this was a medical anomaly bordering on a miracle.
Maeve nodded once. "Apology accepted."
She'd seen this scene play out too many times to be impressed.
Inside Sofia's bedroom, Andres asked softly, "Mom, how do you feel?"
Sofia's face wasn't nearly as pale as it had been. "Clearer," she said. "My head feels clearer than it has in days."
After being cooked by fever into unconsciousness, of course it did.
Dr. Foster looked at Andres, guilt written all over him. "Mr. Andres… about my resignation earlier. I acted impulsively. Would you… consider giving me another chance?"
He wasn't just reluctant to lose the generous salary. He also didn't want to walk away from the treatment plan he'd been overseeing.
Andres glanced at Maeve, silently asking her opinion. "What do you think?"
Maeve shrugged. "I don't care."
She had no stake in who Andres kept or fired.
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