Leo held out the wallet. “I found it near your office.”
Isabelle grabbed it. “Check if anything’s missing.”
A doctor snapped, “Remove him. This is a sterile environment.”
But Leo wasn’t looking at them.
He was looking at the baby.
The swelling on the right side of the infant’s neck.
Too precise. Too small.
Not like a tumor.
Like something lodged inside.
“It’s not a mass,” Leo said quietly.
The doctors scoffed.
“And what would you know?” one muttered.
Leo swallowed. “When he tried to breathe, something moved right here.” He pointed beneath his own jaw.
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