Chloe turned around sharply, her high heels squeaking against the slick floor as she tried to grab her legal papers off Emily's lap and make a quick run for the exit door. But Doctor Vance stood directly in her path, his arms crossed over his chest and his face red with absolute rage. He had worked in this hospital for over twenty years and had never seen anyone treat a pregnant woman with such cruel disrespect in front of his eyes. The doctor stepped forward, completely blocking the narrow exit route between the bed and the heavy wooden door frame.
Chloe: Move out of my way right now, doctor! You have no right to detain me here!
Doctor Vance: You come into my unit, harass a high-risk patient, and threaten an unborn child?
Chloe: I am her mother-in-law and the legal owner of the Sterling mansion! Touch me and I will hire a legal team to sue this hospital for millions!
Chloe raised her right hand and shoved Doctor Vance hard against the white wall, trying to push past him into the hallway. The sudden physical assault pushed the doctor over the edge of his patience. Enraged by the absolute cruelty and disrespect shown to his pregnant patient, Doctor Vance stepped up to the woman in the magenta pink dress and forcefully slapped her hard across the face. The heavy sound of the impact echoed loudly through the quiet room, followed immediately by Chloe's loud, high-pitched gasp of disbelief. She stumbled back two steps, her hand flying up to cover her red, swollen cheek in complete shock.
Chloe: Ah! You hit me! You actually slapped me!
Doctor Vance: Get out of my hospital right now!
The doctor pointed his index finger directly into Chloe's face, his voice booming like loud thunder under the large US flag hanging on the wall behind them. His stern command rang through the entire third-floor corridor, causing two young nurses and a floor supervisor to rush over to the doorway to see what was happening. Chloe stood frozen in place, her body trembling with a mixture of burning humiliation and sudden fear as she looked into the doctor's furious eyes.
Chloe: You will lose your medical license for this! I will make sure you never practice medicine again in this city!
Doctor Vance: Try it. Every single square inch of this room is monitored by high-definition security cameras. I have full video evidence of you kicking a pregnant woman's bed and attempting physical extortion. The police are already on their way up the elevator right now.
Before Chloe could say another word, the heavy wooden door swung open wide, hitting the wall with a loud bang. Uncle Raymond stepped inside the room, flanked by two tall hospital security guards in dark blue uniforms and a sharp-looking attorney carrying a black leather briefcase. Raymond's face was cold as stone as his eyes swept across the room, taking in the scene of Emily trembling on the bed, Doctor Vance standing guard, and Chloe clutching her red cheek in the center of the floor.