Thinking Josiah probably hadn’t eaten, she bought two sets of breakfast on the way there.
While making her way to Josiah’s office, Winnie overheard a conversation between a few nurses when she walked past the nurses’ station on the eighth floor.
“Isn’t Dr. Houghton working a little too hard? He has been working overtime for three days in a row! He went home really late last night and came in early this morning! I don’t think he managed to get any sleep at all!”
“I know, right? I don’t know why he’s working so hard when he’s already so rich! If I were him, I’d just kick back and relax every day!”
Winnie paused in her tracks when she heard them mention Josiah.
One of the nurses noticed her sudden pause and asked, “What brings you here, Ms. Garland? Is there something you need help with?”
Winnie flashed her a smile and replied, “Oh, nothing. I just came to see Dr. Houghton.”
Halfway through her sentence, Winnie noticed someone who looked a lot like Greta walking past the corridor.
She then quickly placed the food on the counter and told the nurse, “This breakfast is for Dr. Houghton. Please bring it to him.”
Before the nurse could even respond, Winnie turned around and ran after the person she had seen earlier.
After a brief pause, the nurse brought the food over to Josiah’s office.
Josiah was changing and had just removed his white coat when the nurse came in through the door.
“What is it?” he asked when he saw the plastic bag in her hand.
The nurse placed the food on his desk and said, “It’s breakfast. You haven’t eaten, right, Dr. Houghton?”
Josiah turned her offer down without any hesitation. “Thanks, but I’m about to head out now. Please take the food away.”
“But this is from Ms. Garland. I don’t think I should be taking it away,” the nurse said.
Josiah instinctively glanced outside his door when he heard that. “Ms. Garland? As in, Winnie Garland?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Josiah got to his feet and asked, “Where is she, then? Why would she have you deliver the food instead?”
“I don’t know. I’m guessing she saw someone she knew. We were having a conversation when she suddenly turned around and ran after that person,” the nurse replied with a shrug.
“Who was it?”
The nurse shook her head. “Ms. Garland didn’t say, so I’m not sure who it was. She just asked me to bring you this food. So, will you be eating it, Dr. Houghton?”
“What do you think?” Josiah then motioned for the nurse to leave as he gave Winnie a call.
However, the call got declined after the first ring.
Worried that something might have happened to Winnie, he immediately gave her another call, only to have it declined again.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. “I’m here, so you can stop calling now.”
“The nurse told me you ran after someone you knew. Who were you running after?” Josiah asked with a frown while putting his phone away.
Winnie shut the door behind her immediately after entering the office. “I saw someone who looked a lot like Greta, but she was gone by the time I ran after her. Could you help me check the surveillance footage? I really want to find her.”
“Sure thing!” Josiah knew she was searching for Greta, so he agreed to her request and brought her to the security room.
While checking the surveillance camera footage, they realized that the person who looked like Greta seemed to know the place well. Not only did she avoid all the surveillance cameras in the hospital, but she also went straight to their blind spots upon getting to the parking lot.
It wasn’t until they checked the footage from a few hours ago that they saw her visiting a patient in ward 801.
Winnie and Josiah then rushed over to ward 801, which turned out to be occupied by an old man in his seventies.
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