At 9 p.m., Anna Ainsworth finally arrived at the Cardiovascular Hospital. As soon as she got out of the car, she ran towards the emergency room, and in her haste, she even forgot to pay the taxi fare.
The taxi driver, stunned, watched his passenger dash away. He had seen more than one fare-dodger, but never had he encountered such an elegant one as her.
Anna charged into the emergency hall and quickly made her way to the nurses' consultation desk to ask where the patient Irene Clarins, who had been brought in tonight, was now.
"She was taken to the Rescue Room earlier, and now..." The nurse thought for a moment and said, "She should be out of the emergency room by now. You should ask in the observation room; if there's no one there, she's probably been moved to the ward."
