"It's none of those. We recently hired a new nanny to help out," Nina replied, but she already sensed that something was amiss. The doctor wouldn't have asked about their childcare without reason. The next moment, he handed her the test results. "Your daughter's fever is due to poisoning. You brought her in just in time. Another hour and it could have been too late."

Nina felt as if the world had stopped, hoping desperately that she had heard wrong. Nash quickly took the report and scanned the words, which confirmed that Gemma's blood contained toxic substances.

"In cases we've seen before, nannies might slip children a mild sedative to keep them calm. But this is poison. It's clear someone intended serious harm," the doctor added, disbelief evident in his voice. "I can't fathom why anyone would do this to a child." Nina's focus returned to the immediate task. "Doctor, please start detoxifying my daughter. We'll get to the bottom of this," she said, exchanging a glance with Nash. In an instant, they understood each other.

"I'll be back," Nash said before striding out of the room.

Gemma, her heart breaking as she saw the tubes and monitors connected to her tiny

wished with all her heart that she could take on the poison herself, sparing Gemma from this suffering. Suddenly, a nurse rushed in. "Dr. Zimmer, the blood bank

With the level of toxins in, Gemma's blood,

over. This is a matter of life and death," Dr. Zimmer

Zimmer. I'll go right away," the nurse replied, rushing down

stepped forward. "My blood type matches

her daughter's life at stake. Nina urged

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