Chapter 23

The assistant quivered and said cautiously, "No, I have checked all the hospitals in Chicago, and can't find any trace of Miss Joe." Seeing a cloud of anger forming on Nathan's face, the assistant added hurriedly, "But here is a clue, Mr Shaw. Half a month ago, A Chicago maternity hospital accepted an Asian woman named Joe. Her newborn baby had no heartbeat and the mother had a massive hemorrhage. The situation was critical, but the lady only stayed in that hospital for one day and was transferred the next..." The clue that tugged at his heartstrings was broken again. Nathan felt he was going to vomit blood again but he tried to suppress it and said with difficulty, "Keep checking." In a villa close to a children hospital in a suburban town of Chicago, a woman lying in the bed with a pale face and closed eyes. Except for a carer who was cooking soup in the kitchen, the whole house was very quiet. Only the murmuring of the tree was heard when the wind passed through its branches. Jonah