Plans in Motion

The surgery had been a success, and the young boy was now resting in his hospital room. The police waited outside as they questioned the young mother. Jhony was just two years older than her best friend's son, whom she considered her brother.

Robin stood at a discreet distance, waiting for the police to finish their interrogation so he could speak with the young mother. The girl couldn't have been older than twenty-five, a sign that she had her child when she was a teenager, probably around eighteen at the latest.

Lost in thought, he didn't notice Alana, who was staring at him with fascination from the nurses' station on that floor.

"Love is in the air," one of the nurses teased, seeing Doctor Taylor gazing at the new head of pediatric surgery.

"Shut up, Miranda," Alana scolded her. "He might hear you."

"They say he's single," Miranda cautioned, encouraging her superior. "Do you already have his number?"

Alana shot her a disdainful look. "I'm not a stalker like you, Mirandita," she ta