The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 481 "I-I didn't push her that hard," the woman said in a daze.

But as soon as she spoke, Hendrix snapped out of it and immediately rushed after Noelle. But by the time he stepped out of the supermarket, she was nowhere in sight.

A frown immediately appeared on his face. After a quick glance at the street signs, he drove straight to the nearest hospital.

"Where are you going? Hendrix!" the woman called after him, but Hendrix didn't slow down.

He arrived at the hospital in no time, but when he checked the emergency room, Noelle wasn't there.

His frown deepened as he approached the nurse. "Was there a little girl brought in here just now? She's about two years old and has a nosebleed. The woman who brought her in looks like this.'

Hendrix quickly showed the nurse a photo from his phone.

to Dr. Moore. She should be in—" "What did you say?" Hendrix cut her off. His voice dropped, laced with a chill and a hint of disbelief. The nurse, startled by his sudden change of demeanor, swallowed the words she was about to say. "What did you just say?"

for several days

on a chair in the hallway with

The overpowering scent of

nose, mixed with the faint metallic smell of blood on her clothes. The blood belonged to

which was why the doctor had

be her discharge day. She had been looking forward to this day for so long, and when they went to the supermarket, she was so

she have to get into a standoff with Hendrix at that moment? Why didn't she just leave with Rosie

hard that it bled, the taste of iron bitter on

The sound of leather shoes hitting the floor was

stopped in front of

hands were