Chapter 1617

Noah arrived at the hospital half an hour later. At the time, Maryanne was on a call with Marika, who was throwing a fit over Terence's blind date. Even though he had been discharged from the hospital, she hadn't seen him at all, and he wasn't at work either. When a nurse came to change Hayden's dressing, Lily had no choice but to lend a hand. Noah seized this opportunity to say, "Mommy, I'll head downstairs to visit Janie on my own. I'll be right back after giving her the missing piece." Lily was helping the nurse hold onto some bandages. Though she wanted to get Noah to wait for her so that they could head downstairs together, he had already left the ward and was walking to the elevator. As he walked past the stairwell, he caught a glimpse of a person standing in a dimly lit corner. He paused and looked in that direction. Terence was leaning against the wall, smoking. "Uncle Terence." Noah pushed the door to the stairwell wide open. Seeing that Noah was here, Terenc