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00:00I'd barely stepped out of the OR when Ethan texted me to ask me out.
00:04I was about to ask my chief to switch my shift.
00:06I wanted to ditch my shift early and go meet him.
00:12Then, out of nowhere, I got a call from myself, two years from now.
00:17I'm about to be executed.
00:19Ethan, your boyfriend is the one who framed me.
00:22Future me dropped a bombshell that left me reeling.
00:25Mia, his childhood friend, had to prove she could do it.
00:28She tore the patient's heart apart.
00:31That patient's family has serious connections.
00:34Ethan was afraid Mia would pay for it, so he planned to make you take the fall.
00:38He's already got it all lined up.
00:40Fake surgical logs, a suicide note, even a scalpel with your fingerprints on it.
00:44The second you walk in, they'll arrest you, convict you, and kill mom and dad to punish you.
00:48So you're saying you're me from the future and I'm about to be executed?
00:51Are you kidding me?
00:53It was absurd.
00:54I was about to hang up.
00:55When you were 15, you had a crush on a boy you met at summer camp.
00:58You finally worked up the nerve to write him a love letter.
01:00Then, at dinner that weekend, you found out he was your cousin.
01:03You wanted to crawl into a hole and die, and you wrote that letter on the inside of an old
01:07textbook.
01:09My mind went completely blank.
01:11She knew everything, and I'd never told a single person I was way too embarrassed.
01:16So she really was me from the future?
01:18And Ethan really was trying to frame me?
01:21I'm a doctor.
01:22I forced myself to stay calm.
01:27Future me had given me a patient ID, so I pulled up the records.
01:34And somehow, the record was really there.
01:40The surgery date was today, and the surgeon assigned to the case was Ethan's friend, Mia.
01:48Every detail matched.
01:55Future me gave me one last warning, with a bitter laugh.
01:59I don't have time to convince you.
02:01I'm about to be executed.
02:02If you don't want to become a doctor who gets people killed or get mom and dad dragged into
02:06this, get yourself an airtight alibi.
02:08Right now.
02:10Before I could ask another question, the call dropped.
02:13The number you have dialed is not in service.
02:16Just as I was trying to process it, my phone chimed with a new message.
02:19It was from Ethan.
02:19Babe, I'm tied up with a follow-up.
02:21I left something in the OR.
02:22Can you grab it for me?
02:23It's on the rack in OR5.
02:24I was about to reply without thinking.
02:26Then my eyes landed on the surgical schedule on my screen.
02:31Mia was operating in OR5.
02:34At that point, whether future me was lying didn't matter anymore.
02:39I couldn't afford to take that risk.
02:42Dr. Callahan, cancel my leave.
02:45Weren't you supposed to have a candlelit dinner with your boyfriend?
02:48What happened to that?
02:52Patients can't wait.
02:53My personal life can.
02:56Knowing a dead body might soon be used to frame me for murder, I forced a smile.
03:01The chief cancelled my leave on the spot, and he loaded me up with three orthopedic surgeries.
03:09For the first time, I could finally breathe.
03:13I'm an orthopedic surgeon.
03:14If I'm in the OR all day, surrounded by doctors and nurses, Ethan can't frame me.
03:19But just as I started to relax, my blood ran cold.
03:22The surgeon listed for OR5 had changed.
03:24Mia's name was gone.
03:25Mine was in its place.
03:26And all three surgeries the chief had assigned to me were cancelled and reassigned.
03:30No system glitch could do that.
03:32Not across departments.
03:33There was only one explanation.
03:35Ethan had used his department head permissions to override the system.
03:38He was shutting down every way out.
03:40The walls seemed to close in around me.
03:42I couldn't use my surgeries as an alibi anymore.
03:45I forced myself to think.
03:46I needed an alibi Ethan couldn't buy, alter, or manipulate.
03:50Then a commotion broke out across the lobby.
03:52A man in his 50s was waving a knife, screaming at the top of his lugs.
03:55The nurse trapped in the corner was Lily.
03:57I didn't scam you!
03:58That's hospital policy!
03:59You're still trying to rip me off your age?
04:00Be this damn heartless!
04:02When he raised the knife at Lily, my first instinct was to get security.
04:05If I got physical with a patient, I'd get written up, lose my bonus.
04:10And I might even have to give a statement at the police station.
04:12Wait.
04:15The police station.
04:16What's harder to tamper with than police footage?
04:19Nothing.
04:20This wasn't some annoying troublemaker.
04:22He was my godsend.
04:24Without hesitation, I came up behind him and moved.
04:28As an orthopedic surgeon, I knew exactly where to strike to bring him down fast.
04:36That was incredible!
04:38What a brave doctor!
04:39Keep filming.
04:41Every second of this is evidence I wasn't in that OR.
04:44Sure enough, the police showed up.
04:50Doctor, come with us.
04:51We just need a statement about what happened.
04:53He probably thought I'd be pissed, so he explained it was just standard procedure.
04:57Of course.
04:58Let's get everything on the record.
05:00Better for everyone.
05:01To his confusion, I calmly climbed into the back of the cruiser.
05:04Then my phone lit up again.
05:07Claire, get to OR5.
05:08Now.
05:08It's an emergency.
05:09Someone could die.
05:10If you don't come, we're done.
05:11I can't be with someone who has no ethics.
05:13I stared at the screen and laughed coldly.
05:15Let's see you pin this on me now.
05:17I'm already at the police station.
05:18I shut off my phone, then slipped it back into my pocket.
05:21The cruiser pulled away.
05:22I was headed somewhere Ethan couldn't touch me.
05:26We reached the station, and I was taken into an interview room.
05:30Don't be nervous.
05:31Just tell me exactly what happened.
05:33Officer, here's exactly what happened.
05:36The second I saw him pull the knife, I assessed the threat.
05:39I told them the whole story.
05:41From the moment I spotted him, to everything I did.
05:43I was buying time.
05:45I'd never talk this much, not even during my board exams.
05:49Dr. Hart, you really can talk.
05:52I've taken statements for years, and you're the first person who's kept me writing for five straight hours.
05:57He was practically writing his hand off.
05:59Officer, my name is in the report, right?
06:03There's no way someone can swap it out or alter the date later?
06:06It's in the city police database.
06:08No one's gonna tamper with that.
06:10That was exactly what I needed to hear.
06:14Exactly, Seng.
06:17I left the station, then grabbed a cab straight back to the hospital.
06:21I barely stepped through the doors.
06:23Two furious men blocked my way.
06:24You're Claire Hart?
06:26The orthopedic surgeon?
06:28I am.
06:29You quack!
06:30You killed our young master!
06:31The pressure around my neck hurt.
06:33The second they heard killed someone, people started crowding around.
06:37Someone died?
06:38Doctors aren't miracle workers.
06:39As the crowd whispered, a woman's furious, grief-broken voice cut through them all.
06:43If she'd truly done everything she could to save him, I'd accept that my son simply wasn't meant to live.
06:47She gared at me, like she wanted to tear me apart.
06:50She's an orthopedic surgeon, yet she had to play hero.
06:52She took over a heart surgery just to show off.
06:54My poor son!
06:55She butchered his heart and left him to die on that operating table!
06:58She needs to pay for my son's death!
07:00Someone in the crowd recognized her.
07:02That's Professor Eleanor Winters.
07:04The legend of the medical world.
07:06I trusted Haven City General.
07:08I never thought I'd meet someone like you.
07:11You'll pay for this.
07:13Right then, Eleanor was a grieving mom.
07:16She wanted revenge for her son.
07:18Once the shock wear off, I realized the setup was real.
07:21But I wasn't afraid.
07:23Instead, I was thrilled.
07:24I saw through it all.
07:26Professor Winters!
07:27That doctor wasn't me!
07:28I wasn't even there when your son had surgery.
07:31Before I could finish, Ethan pushed through the crowd.
07:33Claire, everyone knows the truth.
07:35And you're still making excuses?
07:37You showed off and got Professor Winters' son killed.
07:39And you're still making excuses instead of owning up?
07:41You're beyond saving.
07:43I must have been blind not to see who you really were.
07:45I looked at that self-righteous bastard and couldn't help but laugh.
07:48Someone was blind.
07:50Me.
07:51I never saw what a rotten bastard you really are.
07:54You know damn well who the real killer is, Ethan.
07:57Everything you just said, right back at you.
08:02Dr. Hart, you did the surgery.
08:04Ethan's childhood friend, Mia, chipped in.
08:07Putting on that innocent act again.
08:10Your name is right here under the attending surgeon.
08:12How can you accuse Professor Ethan like that?
08:16Her sweet, righteous act instantly won the crowd over.
08:22She looked so damn pleased.
08:24That forged signature was supposed to bury me.
08:28The nurse manager pushed through the crowd.
08:30She was holding a sealed evidence bag.
08:32At Professor Winters' request, we secured all the lockers belonging to the staff involved.
08:36We found this in Dr. Hart's private locker.
08:38The surgical gown was soaked with dark, dried blood.
08:40You could blame a surgical record on a system glitch, but a blood-soaked gown?
08:44The system didn't make that.
08:45She did the surgery and hid the gown in her own locker.
08:48Who opened the locker?
08:49We used the hospital's spare key.
08:51There was no sign of forced entry.
08:53A chill ran through me.
08:55My locker had two keys.
08:57One was always with me.
08:59The other, I'd personally given to Ethan.
09:04Your name is on the surgical report.
09:06Your bloody gown was in your locker.
09:08Claire Hart, what else do you have to say?
09:10The accusations came strashing down around me.
09:12Ethan stepped closer and whispered a threat.
09:14I already destroyed the bathroom footage.
09:16You're taking the fall for this, you are not.
09:18I'll use every connection I have to make you pay for my son's death.
09:21The police are here to arrest her!
09:23Officers, I called you.
09:24Please arrest the doctor who killed my son.
09:26We won't let someone like this walk free.
09:34Wait.
09:35You?
09:36The officer who'd been ready to cuff me suddenly lowered the handcuffs.
09:40Miss Winters, I think you've got the wrong person.
09:41She didn't do it.
09:42When your son died, she was at our station.
09:44She just stopped an armed patient.
09:45We have the footage to prove it.
09:46His words hit the room like a bomb.
09:48I turned to Ethan.
09:49He went deathly pale.
09:50No! That's impossible!
09:51Her name is on the surgical record!
09:52She signed it!
09:53I signed it?
09:54I was miles away in an interview room.
09:55Cops and cameras were watching me.
09:57So tell me.
09:58How did I sign a form in OR5?
09:59Electronic signatures leave audit logs and IP records.
10:02We'll trace the device used to sign it.
10:03Then we'll know exactly who did it.
10:05You're the attending physician.
10:07You arranged this surgery.
10:09So tell me.
10:10Who actually operated on my son?
10:13Professor Winters.
10:14Maybe the system glitched?
10:15The network's been acting up lately.
10:16A system glitch?
10:18It canceled my orthopedic surgeries and put me in a cardiac OR?
10:21Only the director and the department head had that cross-department override.
10:25Check the cameras!
10:26Check the system logs!
10:29Ethan, what do we do?
10:30We didn't mean for this to happen.
10:31Shut up!
10:31Someone hacked my account.
10:33I left my office computer unlocked.
10:34Someone must have figured out my password.
10:36Someone is deliberately framing me.
10:37The officer called cybercrimes to pull the surgical system data immediately.
10:42Ethan's legs gave out and he collapsed.
10:44Then Ethan's eyes went bloodshot.
10:46He stared at Claire like a cornered animal and shouted.
10:49Wait!
10:50With his forged signature scheme about to collapse, Ethan pointed at me with a trembling finger.
10:56Officers!
10:57You said she was at the station?
10:58Why was she there?
11:00Dr. Hart stopped an armed patient in the hospital lobby.
11:03She hit him in the head with a fire extinguisher!
11:06She assaulted a patient right in the hospital lobby.
11:09In front of everyone!
11:12Claire, I know you're angry at Ethan.
11:14I know you hate how close we are, but you can't let that affect your work.
11:17What are you implying?
11:18Ethan twisted every word against her.
11:20You did this on purpose.
11:21You knew how critical Professor Winters' son's surgery was, and we were already short-staffed.
11:26You provoked that patient on purpose.
11:27You attacked him just to get arrested.
11:29You wanted an excuse to walk away from this surgery.
11:31A doctor hit a patient with a fire extinguishery.
11:33Ethan saw the doubt spreading and pushed even harder.
11:35Invencer Winters, you know how much chaos losing a surgeon causes before a major surgery.
11:39Because Claire walked out, our whole department fell apart.
11:42If she hadn't walked out and thrown the whole team into chaos, this never would have happened.
11:47She's the reason your son is dead.
11:53Claire, even if you hate me, you can't take it out on a patient's life.
12:03Ethan really knew how to twist the truth. I almost laughed.
12:09So, Dr. Ward, you're saying that because I wasn't there, you had no choice but to put Mia, who can
12:15barely hold a scalpel, on the case?
12:17We were trying to save a life. It was an emergency.
12:19An emergency?
12:19Then why did you personally destroy the cameras in OR5?
12:24If you were trying to save a life, what were you hiding?
12:29Watching them scrambling for an answer, Claire turned to the police.
12:36Officer, check Ethan's phone too.
12:38Half an hour ago, he texted me and tried to lure me to OR5 to get his clothes.
12:43His message was right there on my screen.
12:46If this was really my fault, then why did he lure me to the scene after the surgery went wrong?
12:52Just then, the officer's radio cracked.
12:55Captain, Cybercrimes has the results.
12:58They've pulled the logon logs from Haven City General's surgical system.
13:01The IP used to alter the OR5 signature came from a mobile device.
13:04The MAC address matches Ethan Ward's personal phone.
13:08We also recovered part of the OR5 footage.
13:10The surgeon was a woman.
13:12Her height and build don't match Claire Hart.
13:14The evidence was conclusive.
13:16There was nowhere left for them to hide.
13:21After Cybercrimes confirmed the evidence, the truth was finally out.
13:24Eleanor could no longer hold back her rage.
13:26The mother who had just lost her son could no longer hold back her rage.
13:29You used my son as practice for this unqualified intern?
13:32You two bastards!
13:33I'll see you both pay for this!
13:35Mia finally broke.
13:37She scrambled away on her hands and knees.
13:39He made me do it!
13:40Professor Winters, he forced me!
13:41I told him I was scared to operate, but he said he'd cover for me!
13:44He said if anything went wrong, he'd lure Claire there and make her take the fall!
13:49He said she was stupid enough to do whatever he told her!
13:52Bullshit!
13:53You were the one begging to operate!
13:55You said you'd watch the procedure dozens of times!
13:56You could do it with your eyes closed!
13:58You cut the main artery on your first cut.
14:00Blood sprayed all over the OR.
14:01You panicked and dropped the hemostick straight into his chest.
14:04You made me do it!
14:04You said the surgery would get me a permanent spot!
14:06You ruined me!
14:07Right in front of the cops, they tore into each other.
14:09Cold metal snapped around their blood-stained wrists.
14:11Save it for the station. Take them in.
14:16Claire, you set me up.
14:18You planned this from the start.
14:20You tried to kill me first.
14:22Over the next three months, Eleanor pulled every string she had in medicine and beyond.
14:27Every dirty secret Ethan had buried to climb the ladder,
14:30falsified research, bribes, all of it came back to light.
14:35Ethan Ward, you are sentenced to fifteen years in prison on multiple counts.
14:40Mia Harper, eight years in prison, and you will both lose your medical licenses.
14:45The gavel came down, Mia's eyes rolled back, and she passed out cold.
14:49Ethan's knees buckled.
14:51He dropped to the floor, covered his face, and cried out in agony.
14:54The bailiffs hauled them away.
14:56As they passed the gallery, Ethan suddenly turned and saw me sitting in the corner.
15:00Claire! Claire, please save me! I was wrong!
15:03I didn't even move in my seat.
15:04I looked him dead in the eye and mothed.
15:07Let fate decide.
15:08Outside the courthouse, I pulled out my phone and checked the date.
15:12Today was the exact day my future self had said she'd be executed.
15:15Just then, my phone buzzed, an unknown number.
15:18I answered.
15:19A soft voice came through the phone.
15:21It was my own voice, calm, relieved.
15:24Before I could say a word, the call ended.
15:26Two years later, at Haven City General Hospital,
15:29I'd just finished rounds and returned to my office.
15:32The desk phone rang.
15:33It was the ER.
15:35Dr. Hart, we've got a complicated case for you.
15:37I'm on my way.
15:38I changed into scrubs and headed straight for the ER.
15:40From down the hall, I spotted two armed corrections officers standing guard.
15:43A prisoner in orange lay on the gurney, wrists and ankles shackled.
15:47I grabbed the chart by the bed and glanced at it.
15:49Ethan ward.
15:50Injured in a fight with another inmate, then fell from the second floor.
15:54Just my luck.
15:54It had to be him.
15:56The lights were blinding.
15:58Ethan instinctively raised a hand to shield his face.
16:01But only his left hand could move.
16:03The tendons in his right hand were severed.
16:05His fingers were twisted and useless against his chest.
16:09Where does it hurt?
16:10Ethan heard my voice invisibly shubbered.
16:12Two years had aged him by at least a decade.
16:15His eyes fell on my deputy chief badge.
16:17The despair in his eyes said everything.
16:19It hurts!
16:20My leg!
16:21I pulled up his pant leg.
16:23His left shin was badly deformed and covered in blood.
16:26I pressed above the injury.
16:29Prep him for surgery.
16:30Standard internal fixation.
16:32No fast track.
16:33Put him in the regular queue.
16:35Ethan panicked.
16:36Claire.
16:37Please save me.
16:38Prison is hell.
16:39They destroyed my right hand.
16:40Sign off on my disability.
16:42Help me get out on medical grounds.
16:43Please!
16:44Shut up.
16:45I disgustfully yanked my coat free.
16:47Ethan, you make me sick.
16:48You're staying in that cell until your sentence is up.
16:51The corrections officer stepped in and forced him back onto the gurney.
16:55Send him for pre-op.
16:56Standard supplies.
16:57Nothing special.
16:57The nurse wheeled him toward radiology.
17:00His desperate sides faded down the hall.
17:02Back in my office, I'd barely finished my orders when my phone buzzed.
17:06No number showed up.
17:07Just one line.
17:08Unknown caller.
17:09I answered.
17:10A familiar breath came through the speaker.
17:12Don't let Ethan die on your operating table.
17:14It was my voice again!
17:16Who the hell are you?
17:17How can you still reach me?
17:19He's not there to ask you to save him.
17:21He's there to kill you.
17:23The call suddenly cut out.
17:25I called back.
17:27The number was dead.
17:28Before I could make sense of it, radiology called.
17:31Dr. Hart, Ethan just went into shock.
17:33His blood pressure is crashing.
17:35By the time I rushed in, the sheets beneath him were soaked in blood.
17:39How could a simple fracture cause this much bleeding?
17:42His clotting is off.
17:43The officer said Ethan stayed conscious the whole time.
17:46He had no other injuries.
17:47Ethan was deathly pale, his lips turning blue.
17:50When he saw me, his left hand slowly started moving across the bloody sheet.
17:54One stroke.
17:55Then another.
17:56He was writing one word.
17:57Drug.
17:57I grabbed his wrist.
17:59What did you take?
18:00The corner of his mouth curled up.
18:02His eyes gleamed with malice and excitement.
18:05Claire, aren't you a doctor?
18:07Figure it out yourself.
18:09And then he passed out cold.
18:11Draw blood and send it to the lab.
18:14Notify hospital administration, the police and an independent expert.
18:17From now on, secure all his medications and blood samples as evidence.
18:21Record everything.
18:23Two people verify every step.
18:25I'm not treating him alone.
18:26Is all that really necessary?
18:28Yes.
18:29He may have taken a massive dose of blood thinners in advance.
18:33This wasn't some ordinary prison fight.
18:35He broke his own leg on purpose.
18:37He made himself bleed.
18:39If he died during a surgery I was responsible for, I'd be branded a killer all over again.
18:44A chill ran down my spine.
18:46Then the lab rushed over an emergency report.
18:48Dr. Hart, besides a massive dose of blood thinners, we found an experimental drug in his system.
18:55I took the report and my breath caught.
18:58There was only one place in Haven City that carried it.
19:03Pharmacy quickly pulled the inventory records.
19:05The experimental drug had gone missing from the orthopedic department's locked cabinet that very morning.
19:09And somehow the electronic sign out had my name on it.
19:12I stared at the screen and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
19:15Hack the system.
19:16Forge my signature.
19:18Then make sure someone dies at my hands.
19:21Two years later, the setup hadn't changed one bit.
19:24Dr. Hart, how do you explain this?
19:27I don't.
19:28I kept both hands where everyone could see them.
19:31Lock down the system.
19:32Have cyber crimes trace the logon device.
19:34Then pull all the camera footage from my office and the pharmacy.
19:39Half an hour later, the cameras caught an unfamiliar hospital aide.
19:43At ten that morning, he used a chart delivery as an excuse to enter my office and stayed for seven
19:48full minutes.
19:49Once police had him, he cracked fast.
19:52Someone paid me to steal the drug.
19:55They gave me a device to plug into Dr. Hart's computer.
19:58Who hired you?
19:59I don't know.
20:00We only talked through an app.
20:02He never showed his face.
20:04Just then, an alarm screamed from the resurgitation room.
20:07Ethan's blood pressure is crashing. He needs surgery now.
20:10Should we get another surgeon?
20:11No.
20:15As long as he's alive, whoever's behind this can't put words in a dead man's mouth.
20:19I refused to step aside, pulled on my gloves, and walked toward the operating table.
20:24I pulled on my sterile gloves and entered the OR.
20:27Police recorded everything while Professor Eleanor joined by video.
20:31Just as Ethan was wheeled onto the table, he briefly came to.
20:34He suddenly reached out with his left hand and clamped onto my wrist.
20:39It wasn't me.
20:41What?
20:42I made myself fall. I had someone get the drugs too.
20:46He grinned, his mouth full of blood.
20:48I was gonna die on your table and make you rot in prison.
20:52But that person switched out my drugs.
20:55Cold sweat broke across my back.
20:57Who?
20:58He wanted me dead.
20:59The monitor screamed.
21:01The anesthesiast immediately pushed the medication.
21:03Ethan held onto me with the last of his strength.
21:06That call two years ago, it wasn't your future self.
21:09I gave that person your number.
21:11The anesthesia kicked in, and Ethan's hand went limp.
21:14Less than ten minutes into surgery, his wound started bleeding heavily.
21:18Blood poured out faster than the suction could clear it.
21:20The drug is hitting him harder than expected.
21:22If you keep going, he could die on the table.
21:26Every eye in the room turned to me.
21:28Even with that warning hanging over us, I had no intention of stopping.
21:32Even with Eleanor warning that he could die on the table,
21:34I gave the order without hesitation.
21:38Vascular clamps, start cell salvage.
21:40Ethan had to live.
21:41Not because I forgave him.
21:43Death would be too easy for him.
21:45Three hours later, the bleeding was controlled,
21:47and the fracture was stabilized.
21:49Finally, the numbers on the monitor stabilized.
21:52The next day, Ethan woke up in the ICU.
21:55His first demand was that we protect his mother.
21:57Protect my mom, and I'll hand over the evidence.
22:00What evidence?
22:01Research fraud.
22:03Medical kickbacks.
22:04And the original backups of the medical records we falsified.
22:07He told police that someone had been documenting accidents at the hospital before they even happened.
22:12Who is he?
22:13Ethan shook his head.
22:14Using the password he gave them, police opened an encrypted cloud drive.
22:18Inside were dozens of medical incident reports.
22:20Dates.
22:21Patients.
22:21Surgeons.
22:22Causes of death.
22:23Every detail was laid out.
22:24Several of them had already happened, and matched the official investigations word for word.
22:28I kept scrolling until my finger suddenly froze.
22:30The latest report was dated three days from now.
22:32Next to surgeon, my name was written in black and white.
22:34But the patient's name had been blacked out.
22:36I was still staring at that blacked out death report.
22:39Stunned.
22:41Then my phone lit up on its own.
22:43No ring time.
22:44No answer.
22:45The call connected by itself.
22:47You saved the wrong person.
22:48Ethan isn't the one dying on that table three days from now.
22:51You are.
22:53Who's trying to kill me?
22:54All I heard was a burst of static.
22:57I immediately turned to the police techning system.
22:59But less than ten seconds later, the call disconnected.
23:03Still a dead number.
23:04The signal bounced through dozens of virtual relays.
23:07We can't trace it.
23:09I forced myself to stay calm and looked back at the report dated three days from now.
23:14If I'm supposed to die on that table, why am I listed as the surgeon?
23:17Unless it wasn't my death report.
23:20Someone else is supposed to die on that table, and I'll be killed during the surgery.
23:24Police copied the entire drive and started recovering the deleted data.
23:28Half an hour later, a technician suddenly called my name.
23:32Dr. Hart, the patient's name wasn't deleted.
23:34It was just covered with a black layer.
23:36Someone had altered the layer settings.
23:38As the settings changed, faint letters started appearing beneath the blacked out field.
23:43Irene Hart.
23:44The second I saw that name, my mind went blank.
23:47It was my mom.
23:48I grabbed my phone and frantically called her.
23:51It rang and rang before someone finally answered.
23:53Claire, your dad and I are on our way to surprise you.
23:58Mom sounded completely cheerful.
24:00But I could hear traffic and constant hawking in the background.
24:03Where are you?
24:05On the freeway heading into town.
24:08You've been working non-stop, so I baked your favorite apple pie.
24:14The second I heard freeway, my blood ran cold.
24:17Pull over!
24:18Find the nearest rest stop and park somewhere.
24:22What's wrong?
24:23Someone's trying to kill you!
24:26Claire, are you under too much stress?
24:30Before he could finish, a furious blast of bends came through the phone.
24:34Look out!
24:34Thomas!
24:35The impact blasted through the phone, making my ears ring.
24:38Mom!
24:39Call an ambulance!
24:40A truck just slammed into them!
24:43Police used the phone signal to pinpoint the crash site.
24:45The closest hospital equipped to handle the emergency was Haven City General.
24:49I sprinted to the ER.
24:52By the time the ambulance arrived, Mom was unconscious from blood loss.
24:56The ER doctor examined her quickly, then his expression darkened.
24:59Open pelvic fracture.
25:00Suspected iliac artery rupture.
25:01She needs surgery now.
25:02I'm in.
25:04The second I said it, the nurse's station computer chimped.
25:07A new surgical order started printing by itself.
25:09Patient, Irene Hart.
25:11Surgeon, Claire Hart.
25:13But I never signed up for this surgery.
25:15The system had signed my name again.
25:18I stared at the bizarre surgical order, unable to look away.
25:24Cancel that order.
25:25I ripped the paper off the printer and shouted.
25:28The medical director rushed over.
25:29The second he saw the patient's name, his face changed.
25:32Dr. Hart, she's your mother.
25:34Hospital policy requires you to recuse yourself.
25:36Then why did the system listed me as the surgeon?
25:38The system shows a hospital-wide emergency override.
25:40My head snapped up.
25:41I couldn't change it.
25:42But Mom's blood pressure was already critical.
25:45Every minute we lost could kill her.
25:47Activate the major trauma protocol.
25:49Get vascular surgery, orthopedics, and intervention radiology on the case.
25:53Professor Eleanor Winters will take the lead.
25:54Professor Winters isn't at the hospital today.
25:56I called Eleanor immediately.
25:58I'll be there in 20 minutes.
25:59Start damage control.
26:00No meds without authorization.
26:01Then my dad stumbled into the trauma bay.
26:04Claire, please save your mom.
26:06He grabbed my hand, shaking from head to toe.
26:09Dad, I'll save her.
26:10But from now on, you stay with the police.
26:12Police began their preliminary investigation.
26:15The truck had stolen plates and someone tampered with the brakes.
26:18This wasn't an accident.
26:20This was an intentional hit.
26:22Someone knew their route in advance and turned it into a death trap.
26:26Just then, Mom went into ventricular flibulation.
26:29Her internal bleeding is getting worse.
26:31She can't wait 20 minutes.
26:32I rushed to her side and gripped her cold hand.
26:35As her daughter, I wanted to grab a scalpel and save her myself.
26:39But I knew, if I operated, whoever was behind this would pin her death on me.
26:55Take her to the hybrid OR.
26:57I'll stabilize the pelvis.
26:58Professor Winters takes over when she gets here.
27:00Police and medical affairs witness everything.
27:02Every order gets documented on paper and electronically.
27:05The second I said it, something terrifying happened.
27:08Seconds later, every screen lit up with the same blood-red message.
27:13OR 5 is ready.
27:14At the same time, my phone started ringing again.
27:18I answered.
27:19That familiar voice came rushing through the line.
27:21Go to OR 5.
27:22It's the only place that can save Mom.
27:24Last time, that voice from the future begged me to stay away from OR 5.
27:29This time, it was desperate to get me inside.
27:32That's when I knew something was wrong.
27:34What did I write that love letter on when I was 15?
27:38The voice on the other end went silent for half a second.
27:42Blue paper.
27:43I heard the answer and let out a cold laugh.
27:46Wrong.
27:47I wrote it on a page inside an old textbook.
27:50I'd never told anyone that humiliating little secret.
27:53Not even my future self would get it wrong.
27:55The breathing on the other end suddenly topped.
27:57Verification failed.
27:59Initiating backup protocol.
28:00The next second, every fire alarm on the floor went off.
28:03As the alarm screamed, every light in the hallway went out.
28:07Someone hadn't just cut the power.
28:08They disabled the emergency backup too.
28:11Dr. Hart, what do we do?
28:12I stared down the dark hallway toward OR 5.
28:14We are not going anywhere near OR 5.
28:16Whoever set this up wanted me in there badly.
28:18Whatever was waiting for us wasn't a lifesaver.
28:20It was a death trap.
28:21I scanned the faces of my team.
28:23Take the basement emergency route.
28:24Move my mom to hybrid OR 7.
28:25It's on a separate power supply.
28:27As we moved, the alarms continued their relentless well.
28:31Inside the brand new hybrid OR 7, surgery finally began.
28:34Every time my hands moved closer to her mangled pelvis, my fingers started shaking.
28:38I could handle the toughest cases without losing my cool.
28:42But this time, the woman on that table was my mother.
28:45Claire.
28:45Eyes on the field.
28:47Her voice pulled me straight back to reality.
28:49If you're afraid you can't save her, then make every move count.
28:51I took a deep breath and steadied my hands.
28:54Just as the surgery reached its most dangerous point.
28:57Even two hallways away, the blast shook the floor beneath us.
29:01When the fire crew got there, they found no patient.
29:04Just a leak of highly explosive anesthetic gas.
29:08If I'd fallen for that fake call and turned on the cauldress,
29:11the whole OR would have gone up in flames.
29:14They'd been setting me up to die from the start.
29:18After four hours of surgery, Mom's blood pressure finally stabilized.
29:23A police tech rushed over with shocking news.
29:26We traced the fake call.
29:27The voice was AI generated.
29:28The original voice sample came from a meeting recording.
29:33Just then, word came from the ICU.
29:36Dr. Hart, Ethan's awake.
29:37He specifically asked for you.
29:39My blood ran cold.
29:42I pushed open the ICU door.
29:44Ethan stared at the TV, watching the explosion.
29:47When he saw me walk in unharmed, he looked terrified and relieved.
29:50It was OR5 after all.
29:52You know who did this?
29:54He stayed silent for a long time.
29:56Then, trembling with fear, he finally gave me a name.
30:00Victor Blackwell, the director of Haven City General.
30:03The second I heard that name, everything clicked.
30:06Victor led the investigation two years ago.
30:08In the end, he pinned it all on the doctors under him.
30:11Victor's been profiting off illegal drug trials for years.
30:13He'd enroll ineligible patients, then alter their medical records whenever something went wrong.
30:17Ethan finally cracked and gave up the biggest secret from two years ago.
30:20Just then, I heard calm fit steps approaching outside the room.
30:24Victor walked in with several hospital executives, completely unhurried.
30:27Dr. Hart, I heard your mother pulled through. I wanted to see her for myself.
30:31His voice sounded concerned. His smile told a very different story.
30:35I faced this hypocritical mastermind head-on. I didn't flinch.
30:39He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and sighed.
30:42Why did OR5 explode, Director Blackwell?
30:45Early reports point to equipment failure.
30:47Don't worry, Dr. Hart. We'll find whoever's responsible.
30:49Then how do you explain someone using a recording from your office to clone my voice?
30:53Victor's smile never wavered. He gave nothing away.
30:56People come and go through that office all day. Stealing a recording wouldn't exactly be difficult.
31:01Just like that, he pinned everything on some non-existent outsider.
31:05His touch looked gentle. The pressure in his hand was anything but.
31:09Ethan hasn't exactly been stable since he went to prison.
31:12I wouldn't take everything he said at face value, Dr. Hart.
31:15It was a death threat. Plain and simple.
31:17Victor finished straightening the blanket and turned to leave.
31:20He stopped in front of me and gently patted my shoulder.
31:22Get some rest, Dr. Hart. You've got an even more important surgery tomorrow.
31:26Victor left with his people, and the room fell deathly silent.
31:29I turned to Ethan. He curled up stiffly under the blankets, frozen with fear.
31:34Pure terror filled his eyes.
31:36The second Victor left, Ethan demanded that the police lock the door.
31:40He's gonna kill me. That was a warning!
31:42I ignored his panic.
31:44Give me the second encryption key.
31:46After a moment, Ethan gave us the numbers.
31:48A hidden folder appeared. It was labeled tomorrow's plan.
31:50It wasn't another accident report. It was a full-blown operation plan.
31:54Mom's route, the truck's impact angle, even the ambulance dispatch route.
31:58Everything had been calculated down to the last detail.
32:01They'd even planned every step of her surgery before she ever reached the hospital.
32:05If I somehow avoided OR5, they'd activate Plan B.
32:08They'd let me perform the surgery, then slip a lethal drug into my IV in the recovery room.
32:13They'd even leave behind an AI-generated suicide note.
32:16In it, I'd confess to forging records to get my mother an experimental drug,
32:20then supposedly take my own life out of guilt.
32:23They thought of everything.
32:24The police immediately requested a warrant for Victor's arrest.
32:27But their superiors pushed back.
32:30Ethan was a convicted inmate, and the files had no verified source.
32:33It wasn't enough to make a case against Victor.
32:35We needed proof that Victor was personally involved.
32:38Then the surgical system pinked again.
32:40Victor had issued a new order using his administrator access.
32:43He ordered me to perform a new pelvic implant procedure on Mom the next morning.
32:46Victor claimed the new implant would dramatically shorten her recovery time.
32:50If I refused, he could accuse me of delaying her treatment for personal reasons.
32:54Your mother just underwent damage control surgery.
32:57She is nowhere near ready for another operation.
33:00Victor wasn't trying to save her.
33:02He was trying to finish the murder plan he'd already started.
33:04Then let him think I said yes.
33:06I confirmed the surgery through the system.
33:08At the same time, the police quietly swapped out the experimental implant.
33:12They also planted hidden cameras in OR7, the pharmacy corridor, and the recovery room.
33:18The next morning, I scrubbed in and entered OR7.
33:22Mom's real surgery had already been moved to a secure location.
33:26The patient on the table was a lifelike surgical mannequin.
33:29To keep the mastermind from catching on, Professor Winters and the whole team followed the real procedure.
33:36Two hours later, our fake surgery was over.
33:39Just as planned, I headed into the recovery room.
33:43The room was dead quiet.
33:44I held my breath, waiting for the killer to show himself.
33:49It wasn't long before I heard footsteps outside the door.
33:52A masked nurse walked in carrying an IV bag of glucose.
33:56Dr. Hart, you don't look so good. Let's get you on some fluids.
34:00She came to the bedside and injected something into the IV bag.
34:04Then, just before she connected the IV line, a thin white cloud began spreading through the clear fluid.
34:09I grabbed her wrist.
34:11What did you just put in that bag?
34:13Her face went white. She fought to get free.
34:17The police stormed in. They took her down before she could react.
34:20They found a small vial in her pocket.
34:22It was the exact lethal drug listed in the murder plan.
34:25Who sent you?
34:26The nurse bit down hard and refused to say a word.
34:29The tension in the room was suffocating.
34:33When the nurse wouldn't talk, the police searched her.
34:35They found a tiny earpiece hidden in her ear.
34:38The earpiece was still connected. A distorted male voice suddenly came through.
34:42Is the drug in the IV?
34:44The nurse went ghost white when she heard the voice.
34:46I grabbed the earpiece and answered in the nurse's voice.
34:49It's in. Claire's unconscious.
34:51The other end went silent for a few seconds.
34:54Press her left hand against the empty vial.
34:56Plant her fingerprints on it.
34:58Leave the suicide note on the table. Get out in ten minutes.
35:02What about the patient?
35:04Once news of Claire's death gets out, announce that Irene Hart died from complications from an unauthorized trial.
35:11Let them die together. It'll make the story perfect.
35:14I clenched my fists. Two human lives.
35:17To him, they were nothing but tools to control the narrative.
35:20The police techs hammered away at the keyboard, trying to trace the signal.
35:24But the caller caught on. He stopped talking and cut the connection.
35:28With the plan blown, the nurse finally broke.
35:30I was just following orders. Victor has something on me.
35:33I altered trial data for him before.
35:36He said if I refused, he'd pin it all on me and let me take the fall.
35:39She finally confessed everything. How Victor blackmailed her into poisoning me.
35:46The device that sent the orders had connected to the hospital president's private network.
35:51It was enough to tie the orders to Victor.
35:54Move. We're hitting the president's office now.
35:57But when the police stormed in, Victor was already gone.
36:00The computers had been wiped and the safe was completely empty.
36:05Then, half an hour later, things got even worse.
36:08A secret video suddenly hit the internet.
36:11In the video, I was standing over my mother's operating table, implanting an experimental device.
36:15The footage had been viciously edited, with a fake voiceover added.
36:19A routine surgery proves nothing.
36:21I need a real patient to test the new technology.
36:24Even if she's my mother, she should be willing to sacrifice for medical progress.
36:28The video went viral almost instantly.
36:30Thousands flooded the hospital's social media accounts, calling me a monster.
36:34The comments were brutal.
36:36She used her own mom as a guinea pig.
36:38What kind of monster does that? How did this psycho become a department chief?
36:41The public backlash exploded.
36:42Within minutes, reporters swarmed the hospital entrance.
36:45They shouted questions over one another, blocking the hospital entrance.
36:48The backlash was still spreading online.
36:50Thousands were flooding the hospital's accounts to tear me apart.
36:53I was about to have the police release the full footage and clear my name.
36:57Then my phone suddenly buzzed.
36:58I'd just received a video.
37:00The second I opened it, my blood ran cold.
37:03My dad was on screen, blooded and tied to a chair.
37:06Victor stood behind him, a scalpel in his hand.
37:08Claire, bring the original drive. Come to the old data center.
37:13His voice crawled through the phone speaker.
37:15You come alone.
37:16The basement beneath the abandoned wing had no surveillance cameras.
37:19Call the cops, and I'll crack your dad's skull open without anesthesia.
37:25I finished the video and told the police everything.
37:27They flat out refused to let me go alone.
37:29Victor's cornered. He could kill you the second you walk in.
37:33I knew exactly how dangerous it was.
37:35Which is exactly why he'll never believe I'm coming with the cops.
37:39So I came up with a plan with the police and their tech team.
37:42I had them build a fake drive.
37:44On the surface, it looked like it held all the evidence.
37:47But it was actually rigged with a tracker and a live feed.
37:50The real evidence was already backed up on the police servers.
37:54Once everything was ready, I hid a tiny camera behind my ID badge.
37:58Then I headed into the underground passage beneath the abandoned wing where the old data center was located.
38:03The hallway reeked of disinfectant and mold.
38:07Abandoned rooms lined the hall, packed with rusted carts as the lights flickered overhead.
38:14A faint thud came from the end of the hall.
38:20I shoved open the door to the abandoned OR at the end of the hall.
38:24My dad was tied up by the wall, blood covering his forehead.
38:28Victor stood beside the abandoned operating table.
38:30He was wearing a spotless white coat, like he was about to start a routine surgery.
38:37Put the drive down.
38:39I didn't hesitate.
38:40I tossed the fake drive onto the floor.
38:43He picked it up and plugged it into an old computer nearby.
38:46He checked the files, then smiled.
38:48Dr. Hart, you're a lot smarter than Ethan.
38:51Too bad smart people die faster.
38:53I stared him down and ignored the threat.
38:55You planned my mom's crash?
38:56Yes.
38:57And all those trial patients?
38:58You killed them too?
38:59Faced with accusations over all those deaths, he calmly wiped his glasses.
39:03Don't make medical research sound so dirty.
39:06Every new drug, every new technology, comes with risks.
39:10Someone has to take them.
39:12They didn't even know they were test subjects.
39:14If they knew, they wouldn't cooperate.
39:17To him, more than a dozen lives were nothing but numbers.
39:20He didn't even bother hiding how he'd made Ethan and the others take the fall.
39:24Ethan and the others deserved the blame.
39:26But you? One mysterious phone call and you walked right out of a death sentence.
39:30He stopped inches from me, obsessed with finding out the truth.
39:33So who made that call?
39:35That was it. He'd gone to all this trouble just to learn who was behind that call.
39:40I don't know.
39:42Doesn't matter. Maybe it'll call you again when you're dying.
39:45Victor suddenly pressed the remote in his hand.
39:47The OR door locked behind me. I was trapped.
39:51Just then, two burly men sprang out from behind the equipment cabinet.
39:55They grabbed both my arms and dragged me toward the operating table.
39:58Let me go!
40:00I fought like hell, but they slammed me onto the cold operating table.
40:04Victor turned and picked up a syringe he'd prepared in advance.
40:07This time, I'll send you straight to your future self.
40:10He looked down at me, completely convinced he'd won.
40:13It's a neuromuscular blocker.
40:15You'll stay conscious, but you won't be able to breathe.
40:18He'd planned every detail of how I would die.
40:20The death certificate will say Claire Hart died after her illegal human trials were exposed.
40:25She held her father hostage, then injected herself and took her own life.
40:30The cold needle pierced my skin.
40:32I could feel the lethal drug slowly entering my bloodstream.
40:35A crushing wave of suffocation hit me.
40:39Within seconds, my limbs went weak.
40:41Victor pulled out the needle and took my phone from my pocket.
40:43He tossed it into the nearby instrument tray.
40:46Still waiting for that phone call?
40:48No signal here.
40:50I gasped for air, pretending I was barely hanging on.
40:53I don't need.
40:55As I finished, a tiny red light blinked from the hidden camera on my chest.
41:00I looked him in the eye.
41:02I still had one trick left.
41:04The second you plugged in that fake drive, the tracker got past your signal jammer.
41:08From the second I walked in, every word you said went live.
41:11Victor's smug confidence vanished in an instant.
41:14He lunged at me and ripped the badge from my chest.
41:17He smashed it onto the floor and stomped it to pieces.
41:20But it was already too late.
41:22They were just tearing me apart online.
41:25Now, they watched him confess to murder and illegal drug trials.
41:32Victor's face fell as he realized he'd walked straight into my trap.
41:37You tricked me.
41:39So what if you're live streaming this? The drug's already in you. It's too late.
41:43What he didn't know was that I'd already taken the antidote.
41:46How do you know that was the real drug?
41:49The second you plugged in the fake drive, the tracker got past your jammer and sent my location.
41:55That's when a heavy blast shook the door from outside.
41:58Victor panicked and snapped.
42:00I wasn't about to let him win.
42:01I swung the heavy equipment stand straight at his wrist.
42:06The second the scalpel hit the floor, my dad fought back too.
42:09The impact knocked Victor flat.
42:11The next second, the OR door burst open.
42:15Several officers swarmed Victor and pinned him to the cold floor.
42:18Even in cuffs, he kept fighting like crazy.
42:20Let me go. I'm the director. I've saved thousands of lives.
42:24You can't throw my whole life away over a few test patients.
42:28I helped my Shokin father to his feet.
42:30Then I looked coldly at that sanctimonious hypocrite.
42:33Saving lives doesn't give you a free pass to take them.
42:36With Victor finally in custody, the truth was out.
42:40The tide of public opinion turned completely.
42:43Families of victims Victor had silenced finally came forward.
42:47Six months later, Victor finally went on trial for illegal human experimentation.
42:52Police recovered 127 altered trial records from the old data center and the director's private server.
42:59Nine patients died in illegal drug trials and more than 20 were left permanently disabled.
43:04The truth was finally out.
43:05Victor Blackwell, you are found guilty of murder, illegal human experimentation, kidnapping and other charges.
43:12You are sentenced to death.
43:13Everyone involved in falsifying the data and covering up the killings was punished as well.
43:18Ethan handed over the evidence and got a reduced sentence for cooperating.
43:22But his crimes in the earlier case still stood.
43:24His sentence was reduced, but even if he ever gets out, he'll never pick up a scalpel again.
43:30After the trial, Victor was escorted to the prison transport van.
43:34Even in cuffs, he still turned around and tried to threaten me.
43:38Claire, you think arresting me ends this?
43:40Without me, you'll never learn the secret behind those calls from the future.
43:44He was facing prison and still trying to scare me.
43:47It was almost laughable.
43:49Some secrets can wait.
43:50Your prison sentence can't.
43:52After months of rehab, Mom could finally walk with a cane.
43:55On the day she was discharged, she was still pushing me to get married.
44:00No matter how busy you are, you need to find a man.
44:03You're in your 30s.
44:04You can't spend your whole life with a scalpel.
44:07Date who?
44:08The last guy nearly got our whole family killed.
44:11I trust the scalpel more.
44:13I couldn't help laughing.
44:15After everything, I stepped down as associate chief and went back to the OR.
44:21I'd rather fix broken bones in the OR than sit behind a desk all day.
44:27The police figured out the truth behind most of the calls from the future.
44:30The warning about OR5 and the call that sent me to save Ethan were all AI-generated traps Victor had
44:36set up.
44:37But that very first call, the one that saved my life, left no trace on any network or server.
44:43But where did that secret come from?
44:45My 15-year-old love letter?
44:47Something even Victor never knew about.
44:50Late that night, I'd just finished my last emergency surgery when my phone suddenly lit up.
44:55It was the same unknown number.
44:57I answered without saying a word.
44:59A soft laugh came through the line.
45:01This time, it's really over.
45:04It was my voice.
45:05But this time there was no fear, no despair.
45:08Who are you?
45:10I'm the version of you who never walked into that police station.
45:14She told me that, in her timeline, Ethan had successfully lured her into OR5 and framed her for the crime.
45:21She was sentenced to death.
45:23Her parents were targeted for trying to clear her name.
45:26Before she died, she had one last wish.
45:28To give her past self a chance to choose differently.
45:32Did that call change my future?
45:34It did.
45:35My timeline is gone now.
45:36So many calls came in using my voice.
45:39But only two were really me.
45:41The first warning you about Ethan, and the thank you outside the courthouse.
45:45Every other call was one of Victor's AI traps.
45:48No more calls from the future.
45:50Thank you for saving me.
45:52No.
45:53You saved yourself.
45:54The call ended without a trace.
45:56Not even a call log remained.
45:59The Claire who was headed for the execution chamber was gone.
46:02I finally had a life of my own.
46:05Dr. Hart, we just got a patient with a severe fracture.
46:08They need surgery now.
46:10Got it.
46:10Patients don't wait.
46:11Prep the OR.
46:12I slipped my phone into my pocket and put my mask back on.
46:15Doing surgery now.
46:15Our problem is I've got to go through this and we're going through some of those questions.
46:16I've got to go through it.
46:16Wow!