Chapter 2 - The Recording No One Could DenyMarcus dropped to his knees beside Khloe.
"Khloe!"
She could barely breathe.
One trembling hand remained protectively over her stomach.
"The baby..." she whispered.
"Our baby..."
Marcus pulled out his phone.
"Medical team! Now!"
Doctors and nurses rushed into the private suite within seconds.
Isabella immediately burst into louder sobs.
"Marcus, she attacked me! I was only defending myself!"
Marcus didn't even look at her.
His entire focus remained on his wife.
"Stay with me," he whispered.
"You promised we'd decorate the nursery together."
Khloe forced herself to nod through the pain.
Then another voice echoed through the hallway.
"Move."
Everyone turned.
Dr. Samuel Carter, Chief of Trauma Surgery, entered the room with two security officers beside him.
He wasn't just the hospital's senior physician.
He was Khloe's uncle.
The moment he saw his niece lying on the floor, every trace of professional calm disappeared.
"What happened?"
Elaine pointed toward Isabella.
"I saw the end of it."
Samuel looked directly at hospital security.
"Lock every exit."
"No one leaves this floor."
Isabella's confidence finally wavered.
"You can't keep me here."
Samuel answered coldly.
"This hospital is now the scene of a violent assault against a pregnant patient."
"You'll stay exactly where you are."
Within minutes, Khloe was rushed into the operating suite.
Marcus tried to follow.
Samuel stopped him.
"My team needs room."
"I'll save them."
Marcus grabbed his uncle's arm.
"Both of them."
Samuel looked him in the eyes.
"I'll do everything I can."
The operating room doors closed.
Marcus stood motionless.
For the first time since building one of the country's largest business empires...
He felt completely powerless.
Meanwhile...
Hospital security technicians entered the surveillance room.
Camera 7.
Private Maternity Suite.
The recording began.
It showed Khloe standing alone.
Then Isabella entering.
No argument.
No provocation.
Only Isabella walking directly toward her.
Every shove.
Every insult.
Every kick.
Every desperate attempt by Khloe to protect her unborn child.
The room fell silent.
One officer quietly whispered,
"She never fought back."
Another shook his head.
"She only protected her baby."
The footage was copied immediately.
Three encrypted backups were created.
One was handed directly to Detective Laura Bennett.
She watched the video only once.
Then she looked at Isabella.
"You're under arrest for aggravated assault on a pregnant woman and attempted homicide."
Isabella laughed nervously.
"You can't arrest me."
"My father's lawyers—"
Detective Bennett interrupted.
"Your lawyers can't erase security footage."
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As handcuffs closed around Isabella's wrists...
Her confidence finally shattered.
