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A scream echoed from the end of the hallway while I was touring a nursing home I planned to support financially. When I rushed toward the sound, I found a staff member striking a frail elderly woman across the face because she had dropped her food tray. / Chapter 5 / 6

Chapter 5 - The RescueThe nursing home was chaos. With the board of directors arrested and the media surrounding the building, I walked into Lillian’s room. She looked smaller than she had the first time I saw her, but when she saw me, her eyes cleared with a terrifying, lucid intensity.

"Adrian," she said, her voice raspy but steady.

"I’m taking you home, Mom," I said, ignoring the protesters and the police tape outside.

"They’ll kill you for this," she whispered, clutching my hand.

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