Facade of Love

Chapter 70 Sophia Died

Idris cast a cold glance at him and indifferently said, “If you can be here, Mr. Sanchez, why can’t I?”

Maxwell fell silent.

The atmosphere turned a bit awkward. Climbing over the wall now seemed utterly out of the question.

The doctors who had been standing there, realizing they were in the company of acquaintances, did not ask any further questions and left.

Only a middle–aged doctor remained, who I then learned was the head of the hospital.

Upon hearing that we had climbed over the wall to look for someone, he was somewhat bemused and said to me, “Mrs. Young, if you wanted to visit and look for someone, you could’ve just informed me. Climbing over the wall makes my hospital seem like some sort of crime scene.”

I smiled awkwardly, thinking that if I had known I could enter with Idris‘ connections, I certainly would not have chosen to climb the wall.

I did not delve into that and just smiled.

Idris glanced at me and then asked Director Johnson, ‘Director Johnson, can we

and see all the patients here?”

Knowing our purpose, Director Johnson nodded and led us up to the psychiatric ward.

had overheard a noise earlier, I headed straight

I had heard the voices from, I looked at Director Johnson and asked, “Director, could you open the door of the

floor are severely mentally ill. They might harm outsiders if they have an episode. For your safety, maybe it’s better to confirm from the outside. What do you think?”

then nodded, not saying much more. I peered through the small window in the ward door

lying there was motionless, and I could not tell if they

I called out

Vile The

indistinct. I called out several times, but there was no

turned back to Director Johnson, who seem startled as well. Fearing something had gone wrong, he ordered someone to open the door. Upon entering, and after the blanket was removed, I realized the person lying on the bed was indeed Sophia. She was

hurriedly checked on Sophia,

my heart skip

said with a trembling voice,

surprised, and he incredulously checked Sophia’s pulse. Finding no sign of it, he frowned and looked at Director Johnson. “What’s going on here? She was fine earlier, and now

“She

charge of this floor. Idris, who had been silent until then, observed Sophia for

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must’ve taken

that obvious? She’s vomited so much foam; she must’ve ingested something she shouldn’t