Baxter returned a while later, only to learn that Ivanka had left the hospital.
He called her line immediately, but it wasn't recheable. He decided to head home.
Alaric finished with his surgery and was washing his hands in the washbasin when one of the doctors entered and told him of the ordeal presently going on.
He froze the instant he heard about it and looked up at the doctor from the wall mirror.
"She accused Vanessa of manipulating the prescriptions just to get her in trouble. But of course, we all think she's lying to shift the blame from herself."
Alaric was mystified. To everyone else, Vanessa had no reason to want to implicate Ivanka. But to him, he knew better.
It troubled him to know Ivanka would be very sad at the moment. Damn it! He should've been there.
"Where's she
