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.

looked up and saw a security camera above me. Then, I walked down the stairs. To no surprise, there was a

meant that the hospital had a lot of security cameras, even in obsolete places like the

happened. With the reason of wanting to identify the unknown liquid in the. stairway that led to my

from the approximate time when the incident happened. But to my surprise, all the security

even if I knew that it was jessica who had been behind everything, I wouldn't have any

we realized that something was off, we were going to investigate

crossed his mind. That meant that the only person who knew about everything and was also meticulous enough to think

other than Jessica. After taking some time to compose myself, I calmly said, "Sorry 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 h door, he said without I sat down across from him. Zane got up

beverages. But since he asked,

the

glass of water. After all the busyness in the day, I was getting a little thirsty.

her to school, so I had no opportunity to ask if you needed anything. If there's anything you need, you can