Chapter 361

With Grandpa’s encouragement, I pushed open Henry Smith’s hospital room door, only to find the bed empty. I even checked the bathroom, but he was nowhere to be seen. Frustrated, I rushed to the nurse’s station. “Where’s the patient in room 3062?” The nurse looked surprised. “Isn’t he inside?” Given Henry’s status, the moment it hit them that a VIP patient had gone missing, the nurse seemed even more panicked than I was. She quickly suggested we split up to search. I searched high and low throughout the hospital but couldn’t spot a trace of him. My anxiety was creeping in. Grandpa had left his room when Henry was still there, so he couldn’t have gone far. I’d only spoken to Grandpa for ten minutes—how could Henry disappear just like that? If not for the nurse eventually tracking him down in the smoking lounge, cigarette in hand, I might have resorted to calling Grandpa to help. Learning where he was, I stormed straight into the room, completely forgetting why I had come to the hospital