Chapter 201
“The ward is on the 13th floor. Are you really going to take the stairs? Wait, the elevator is coming.”
Vincent also looked nervous. He pulled the impulsive Molly beside him and heard a ding sound. Then, the elevator door slowly opened.
There were a lot of patients in the public hospital. People were coming and going, looking anxious.
Patients in wheelchairs and some people who held test reports walked out of the elevator quickly. Molly finally waited for an elevator and immediately rushed in..
She quickly pressed the number 13, stamped her feet in anxiety, and stared at the number on the elevator display.
Vincent was dragged into the elevator by Molly, and his expensive clothes were crumpled, making him look a bit embarrassed.
“Isn’t Stephanie’s mobile phone in the ward? Call her first. You look so anxious as if she’s dying,” he complained unintentionally.
Molly turned to glare at him. “Hey, watch your mouth!” How could he say this in a hospital? It was really unlucky.
Molly was indeed in a panic, and she forgot to call Stephanie. She took her mobile phone from her coat pocket and quickly dialed Stephanie’s number.
The next second, a phone rang in the elevator. It was the ring from the phone in Vincent’s pocket.
“Hello?” Vincent answered the phone.
Molly looked at Vincent, who was talking on the phone, with some resentment in her eyes. She was in a panic, and Stephanie didn’t answer the phone, so she called her again.
“The signal in the elevator is not good. I’m in a panic now. Can you coax your lovers when you are free?” Molly thought Vincent was probably talking on the phone with his girlfriend.
“It’s Dominick,” Vincent said coldly.
Stunned, Molly immediately shut up.
Just then, the elevator reached the fifth floor. After a while, there was a noise outside, accompanied by crying. Someone shouted frantically, “Get out of the way! Get out…”
A hospital bed was pushed in. A white sheet covered the person on the bed.
The person was dead, and soon, the family members rushed in. The elevator was so crowded that people could not even turn around.
Molly felt something strangle her heart, and uneasiness surged again.
The elevator stopped and went up. When would Molly arrive on the 13th floor?
Vincent suddenly shouted at Molly, who had already gone out of the elevator. He was annoyed, but he had no choice but to follow her.
“Where are you now?” Dominick asked on the other end of the phone.
Vincent panted as he climbed the stairs, answering Dominick in a panic, “In the hospital.”
He quickly explained, “Dominick, it’s not what you think. Stephanie ate the wrong thing this morning, and her friend sent her to the hospital. She has gotten an IV drip, and she’s fine now. But her friend, Molly, seems to have paranoid delusions.”
“Take care of Stephanie,” Dominick said in a low voice.
Vincent listened and quickly climbed the stairs, feeling inexplicably more anxious.
From the fifth floor to the 13th floor, it only took a few minutes, neither long nor short.
Fortunately, there were not many people on the stairs. The passers–by were in a hurry, and the staircase was quiet. Vincent and Molly climbed the stairs as quickly as they could and panted. Their anxious footsteps echoed.
Light footsteps were approaching Stephanie. The person quietly walked towards her.
Stephanie was drowsy. It seemed that it was already evening. The heavy curtains of this private ward were drawn, but there was no light on. The ward was dark.
“Molly, what time is it now?” Stephanie knew someone was approaching her bed.
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