CHAPTER 1 – The Case That Became Personal
The scream of the ambulance siren echoed through downtown Philadelphia as Harrison Cole refused to let go of his sister's bloodstained hand.
"Stay with me, Khloe."
She didn't answer.
The emergency room exploded into motion the moment the trauma team recognized the severity of her injuries. Nurses rushed beside the gurney while an obstetric surgeon shouted orders.
"Possible placental abruption. Prepare the operating room. Move!"
A young doctor tried to stop Harrison outside the surgical doors.
"I'm sorry, sir. You can't come in."
For a long moment, Harrison simply stared through the closing doors.
Then he quietly nodded.
"But someone else can."
Within fifteen minutes, every security camera from the Montgomery County Courthouse had been legally preserved under an emergency court order.
Witnesses who had been preparing for unrelated hearings suddenly found themselves giving sworn statements.
Court clerks.
Deputy sheriffs.
Attorneys.
Even two judges who had witnessed the confrontation from the courthouse windows.
No one realized Harrison had already begun building a criminal case before the ambulance reached the hospital.
Hours later, the surgeon finally emerged.
"The baby survived."
Harrison closed his eyes.
"And my sister?"
"She's alive... but the next twenty-four hours are critical."
He looked through the ICU window.
Machines breathed for the woman who had once been the strongest person he knew.
Then he pulled out his phone.
"File every civil claim."
"Freeze every Harrington Commercial Group account we legally can."
"And notify the District Attorney."
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"This isn't an accident."
"It's attempted murder."
