My reply struck Alexander like a wrecking ball crashing straight through his entire world.
"You really thought that rescue failed? Dr. Parker, that was nothing more than a carefully planned escape act I put on for you."
I watched his pupils shrink in disbelief and smiled with satisfaction.
"When I was declared 'beyond saving,' covered with a white sheet, and wheeled out of the emergency room, you broke down completely from guilt and pain. The guards had to drag you away. It was the perfect opening scene.
"But while you were losing your mind, my 'body' was taken to the morgue where you couldn't see. With the so-called 'compensation' you gave me, getting the staff there to cooperate was easy.
"A nameless female body with a similar build had already been prepared and quietly switched in.
