Harper Emery

Harper Emery, a character in the Open Heart series, is one of the doctors and the Chief at Edenbrook Hospital. She is also Aurora's aunt. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
The interns note her to be impressive and statuesque.

Open Heart

 * Chapter 1: The Doctor Is In
 * Chapter 4: Dolores
 * Chapter 8: Make-Believe
 * Chapter 10: Risk and Reward
 * Chapter 12: Panacea
 * Chapter 13: Admission
 * Chapter 14: Triage

Aurora Emery
Aurora is her niece. Before Aurora can finish her first round of patients with you, she is paged to see her aunt. In Chapter 14, you overhear Harper that she is disappointed in Aurora and that the younger doctor has a lot to live up to.

Ethan Ramsey
In Chapter 4, she promotes Ethan Ramsey to the head of the diagnostics unit when Dr. Banerji retires suddenly. They decide that instead of hiring a new fellow to take his vacating spot, they will select one young doctor to train with the team as a junior fellow. The best performing intern at the end of your first year will be selected.

Your Character
Although you see Harper during orientation and a few times in passing as she talks with Aurora, you do not interact with her until Chapter 8, when you find a loophole for your patient to receive the medications she needs to treat Hepatitis C. Harper admires your moxie, as it reminds her of Ethan. However, she looks surprised at your closeness to Ethan. At the end of Chapter 12, she calls you to her office to discuss Mrs. Martinez and the circumstances surrounding her death. Harper pages your friends to her office to interrogate them about you and Mrs. Martinez. Although she has no proof, she tells you in Chapter 14 that it is only a matter of time. If you decide to help with Rafael's surgery, she tells you that she is impressed with you. However, that won't help you in her investigation. She is surprised when you come to her office in the end and admit to it. She agrees to giving you an ethics hearing but doesn't think it will help save you or your career.

Trivia

 * The interns believe she is "the greatest surgeon of her generation".
 * She shares the same forename as the MC in It Lives Beneath if they have their default name.
 * In a diamond scene in Chapter 4, it is revealed that she had a fling with Ethan Ramsey
 * As of Chapter 8, she does not know about Doctor Banerji's medical condition and that he is staying at the hospital.