Dexter Hayes had barely stepped off the elevator when Dr. Victor Finch scurried over to report. His voice was low and eager to please as he informed Dexter that Elias Vance had already called in a surgeon to operate on Elena Croft.
"Are you kidding me?" Dexter's face twisted with fury. "I already put the word out. Who the hell has a death wish big enough to operate on that woman?"
Leo Croft clenched his jaw and started forward, every muscle in his body coiled to fight, but Elias raised a hand and stopped him without a word.
Dexter's gaze locked onto Elias, cold and contemptuous. "So you're the one giving me trouble? Insisting on getting her into surgery?"
"That's me." Elias stepped forward, his tone utterly flat. "And you're Dexter Hayes?"
Dexter looked him up and down with open disda
