The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The Inpatient Department was packed. Some of the patients were not assigned to a hospital room, and they had no choice but to sleep In the hallway. A majority of them, who had been in the hospital for a long time, were severely ill. They had been around when I was admitted to the hospital, and they were still here when I was discharged. As I walked along the hallway, I saw some familiar faces.

An elderly man asked, "Weren't you discharged? Why are you in the hospital again?"

"Well, I fell down the stairs a few days ago," I said honestly. After all, I wanted to know if any of them witnessed or caught the incident on camera, but I couldn't tell them everything either.

"The staircase was slippery; I think somebody did something to it. I wanted to see if any security cameras may have records of the culprit or if anybody accidentally filmed it."

The old man advised, "Security cameras? There's one in the hallway. You should be able to check the footage in the security room." "Okay, thanks! I'll check it out now," I said happily. The security footage would make everything much easier.

People rarely used the stairway in the Inpatient Department; it was silent. Meanwhile, the place where I once fell had been cleaned, and no trace of blood could be seen.

a security camera above me. Then, I walked down the stairs. To no

even in obsolete places

room and told them about what had happened. With the reason of wanting to identify the unknown liquid in the. stairway

security team reluctantly showed me the footage from the approximate time when the incident happened. But to

if I knew that it was jessica who had

we realized that something was off, we were going to investigate it. But as soon as we

a child, and the security cameras would never have crossed his mind. That meant that the only person who knew about everything and was also meticulous enough

for troubling you. Upon arriving home from the hospital, I changed into slippers in the foyer, Zane was working in the living room. When he

But since he asked, I answered politely, "Water is

the

got himself a glass of iced coffee, and then he served me a glass of water. After all the busyness in the day, I was getting a little thirsty. I took a few sips of the water that

first day here. You were getting Willow to eat and even sent her to school, so I had no opportunity to ask if you needed anything. If there's anything you need, you can