Sabotaged

Carl’s face reddened with anger. ‘Didn’t you assure me everything would go smoothly?’ ‘I have no idea what went wrong,’ Mindy said defensively. The failed assassination bewildered her. ‘I had everything planned perfectly. There shouldn’t have been any issues.’ ‘Forget it.’ Carl shook his head. ‘I’m not blaming you. Later, I’ll visit Dwight with Dylan, and you clean up the mess. We can’t let Dwight trace this back to us.’ ‘I understand, Dad. I’ll handle it right away.’ ‘Remember, no traces, Mindy,’ he emphasised. A hint of dismay crossed her face. Who had sabotaged her flawless assassination plan? *** Inside the operating room, Callie’s condition looked dire. Despite Dwight acting as her blood donor, providing a transfusion whenever needed, complications persisted during the surgery. The bullet lodged near her uterus caused fresh bleeding once removed, creating tension in the otherwise quiet operating room. Surgical instructions and the hum of machinery were the only sounds. Fortunately