Ice and Fire novel Chapter 862

As soon as Greg stepped out of the emergency room, Aria, who had been waiting at the gate for hours, grabbed his arm.

"Doctor Greg, how is my mother doing?" Aria kept his eyes on Greg's while she waited for him to answer. She held her breath, unmoving, hoping that the answer from Greg that would give her comfort.

Greg saw tears from Aria's eyes and his heart sank. He wanted to comfort her but he didn't know how.

When he finally spoke, he smiled and said, "Your mother is alright now. She was in bad shape when she was rescued but she's out of danger now."

Aria finally released the breath she held back. Her mind was finally at peace now that her mother was out of danger.

Worried that Aria would ask a lot of questions about what happened, Greg beat her to it, "We found out, during surgery, that your mom was allergic to some of the drugs and she did have some bad reactions to it. But we fixed it and she's safe now. So there's no more need to worry."

"Oh, thank goodness," Aria sighed, a smile appeared on her lips. She took Greg's hands in hers and shook it. "Doctor Greg, I cannot say thank you enough. I really appreciate everything you did for me and my mother."

Greg shook his head and held up his hand to stop Aria. He smiled and hoped she wouldn't see the truth. He felt guilty for not telling Aria the truth. Aria just looked so innocent and simple, like Violet. And if she knew someone wanted to hurt her mother intentionally, Greg didn't know what she would do. And this could be connected to Lawrence, so he couldn't say anything yet.

Greg exhaled to clear his mind. He reassured Aria, "I'll ask the nurse to transfer her to the ICU when she wakes up. Do you mind waiting again while we do that? We really need to observe her so we can decide on the best therapy for her." He did his best to stay calm so Aria wouldn't notice his uneasiness. Paranoia hit him and he felt someone was watching his or XS Hospital's next move. He feared something bad was going to happen soon.

"I can do that," Aria agreed and took her place again on the chairs at the waiting room.

Greg left Aria by the waiting room to rush to the hospital's security room.

There were two employees inside the room, who quickly stood up when Greg barged into the room, "Doctor Greg!"

"I want to see the security footage. I want to see what happened to Kate!" Greg ordered the staff. He was usually polite to everyone in the hospital but he wasn't in the mood right now. He needed to know what happened immediately.

One of the workers got right on it. "Just a moment, sir," he told Greg. He faced the monitors and looked for the footage.

Ten minutes had passed and they found nothing.

"Is there a problem?" Greg asked, even if he already knew.

The worker hesitated and turned to his co-worker. His voice was low and quiet when he finally spoke. "I'm really sorry, Sir," he started to explain. "But that footage is missing. We're not sure what happened with that footage."

Greg gasped, bewildered. It did look like somebody planned the attack and tampered with the monitors to cover it up.

One of the workers stood up to face Greg, "We're very sorry, Sir, but we really don't know how this happened. Only the footage around Kate's ward and the time of the attack is missing."

With his mind full of questions, Greg's face turns red with anger. 'This was deliberate, ' he thought. And if he didn't act now, something worse would happen soon!

"Who works here? How many hours? How many shifts?" Greg demanded to know.

"Three shifts. Eight hours each, with two staff per shift. When it's time to eat, one staff would buy the food and the other one stays," the staff explained to Greg.

"Tell your supervisor to go to my office now," Greg ordered before he spun around to leave.

When he arrived at his office, he called his assistant to get to his office.

His assistant ran inside his office almost immediately with a pen and pad, ready to write down his instructions.

"Have the nurses transfer Kate to the only VVIP ward and make sure that there are nurses taking care of her every second. And make sure that everybody who was in the operating room during her surgery to stay silent and not tell anyone about her condition to anyone, including her family. Make sure everybody follows my orders or they're fired!" Greg reiterated to his assistant. He needed to make sure Kate was safe and secure.

"Very well, Doctor," the assistant confirmed.

There was a knock on the door and Greg motioned for his assistant to open the door. When the assistant opened the door, they found a middle-aged man in a black suit on the other side.

Greg motioned for him to come in. He rushed to Greg and announced, "Doctor Greg, I'm the supervisor of the monitoring room."

"Okay, hold on," Greg turned back to his assistant. "Book the conference room for an emergency meeting in one hour. Tell all the senior management to come for an emergency meeting. If they're not in surgery, all the department directors must be there, too. And tell the security office to record every car coming in and out."

"Yes, sir," the assistant promptly replied.

"Make sure everybody follows my orders," Greg emphasized.