Richard waited until the nurse disappeared down the hallway.
Then he stepped closer to Emily's bed.
Vanessa smiled as she leaned over the unconscious woman.
"Once you're gone..."
"Everything belongs to us."
She glanced toward Richard.
"The house."
"The company."
"The insurance."
Sophie's hands trembled.
She wanted to scream.
Instead, she quietly squeezed her mother's hand.
At that exact moment...
Emily's finger moved.
It was almost impossible to notice.
Except Sophie saw it immediately.
Her heart raced.
She leaned down once more.
"Don't move, Mom."
"I already called for help."
Unknown to Richard and Vanessa, Sophie had secretly used the room's emergency phone minutes earlier after hearing them talking outside the hospital.
A hospital security supervisor was already reviewing surveillance footage.
Meanwhile, a detective investigating Emily's so-called accident had just arrived downstairs with new evidence.