Joseph's gaze was drawn toward the wailing baby. Frowning, he asked, "What's wrong with him?"
"Maybe he's hungry. I'll take him next door to feed him," Xavia said as she patiently comforted the baby.
She stepped out of the room, and Tyson ceased trying to persuade Joseph. Instead, he remarked, "Sometimes, a new life can bring us good luck."
"Good luck?" Joseph scoffed, "My luck has been so rotten that it couldn't possibly get any worse."
Tyson fell silent, unable to refute or find the right words to say. After a while, he left, but Xavia stayed by Joseph's side until evening. She sat by the bedside and rocked the baby in her arms. She did not say much to Joseph as he did not give her the chance to speak, so she spent most of her time taking care of the baby.
"Joe, I need to use the restroom. Can you watch the baby for me?" Xavia said, her smile looking somewhat stiff after maintaining it for an entire day.
Joseph's eyes softened as he looked at the baby lying on the sofa. The baby was different from what he had imagined, but he could not quite pinpoint what made it so.
A few nurses passed by the ward, whispering in a mysterious manner.
"Do you know where Braylin went? I haven't seen her for days. I asked the head nurse but she says she doesn’t know either."
"You didn’t hear? Braylin's parents came to the hospital, and the director had to talk them out of something. It seems like something has happened to Braylin."
"Huh? What happened to her?"
"She was on duty in the operating room that night when the fire broke out."
"So…Braylin’s dead?"
"I think so. Otherwise, why would she suddenly disappear?"
"But the police only found the remains of one person..."
"Exactly. That's the strange part."
Suddenly, the door of the nurse's station swung open. Ignoring the two nurses, Joseph stormed into the director's office. After spending half an hour there, he proceeded to the archive room.
The director followed behind Joseph as he said, "Mr. Joseph, everything I said is the truth. Braylin was in the operating room that night, but we can't be sure whether she escaped or not because the surveillance footage was destroyed."
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