“Where is he? Where is everyone?” Arianna’s mind went blank as she stumbled backward. Looking at the empty ward rooms, she had a bad feeling about this.
Coincidentally, a nurse walked by. Arianna grabbed her by the collar and questioned fiercely, “Where are they?! Where did the patient and his caregiver go?!”
The nurse was frightened as she stuttered, “T-They l-left!”
“Since when? When were they discharged? How could he leave the hospital when he was so sick?! Besides, why didn’t you inform his family? Who allowed him to leave?!” Arianna was hysterical as she tightened her grip on the nurse’s uniform collar.
The poor nurse was almost choking, “I-I don’t k-know!”
“Ari! Ari, what do you think you’re doing?!” Eloise was shocked when she saw what her daughter was doing. She immediately stepped forward and separated Arianna from the nurse.
When the nurse regained her freedom, she held her neck and ran away in horror.
Arianna pointed toward the room and said, “Mom, Uncle Derrick is gone. How can the doctor possibly discharge him? He was already about to die! Even if he got out, it would only be to the morgue.” Arianna could not believe what was happening.
“Ari, you need to calm down. There’s something wrong here! Where are the people you’ve sent to keep an eye on Derrick and Stephanie?” Eloise was just as shocked. However, due to her age, she was more experienced at handling her emotions and forced herself to calm down and think.
“I don’t know. I did not receive any information from them. Maybe they’ve betrayed me?” Arianna’s eyes had lost their sparkle, as she had never felt this lost in her entire life.
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