Evelyn had only been in D City for half a month, yet she had ended up like this. Terilynn blamed herself. Perhaps she shouldn't have recommended that Evelyn go to D City. If she had gone somewhere else, such things would not have happened.
Evelyn hugged Debbie and said, "Mom, I know. I'm tired and want to rest for a while. You should go home now."
Debbie sighed and turned to her younger kids. "Matthew, you go to school. Terilynn, go home. I'll stay here and take care of Piggy."
Matthew left the ward with Terilynn. Debbie helped Evelyn into bed and watched her fall asleep before she went to see the attending physician.
The moment Debbie left the room, Evelyn opened her eyes.
She lifted her hand from under the bed cover and stared at the string of numbers on her palm, blankly.
'Should I call him?' she wondered.
For a moment, she really wanted to.
But she quickly changed her mind. She walked to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. After a short pause and hesitation, she squeezed some liquid soap and finally washed off the numbers.
At that very moment, Carlos was in the Huo family's villa, giving his men orders to either kill or break Sheffield's leg.
By the time Evelyn came back home from the hospital, Tayson had already had his wounds treated and the living room was back to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
After making sure that Evelyn was comfortable in her room, Debbie went to Tayson's room. He was lying in his bed with a pale face.
When he heard the knock, he jumped up from the bed and opened the door. "Mrs. Huo?"
Debbie nodded. "Come to the study. I want to ask you something."
"Yes, Mrs. Huo."
In the study
Debbie sat at Carlos' desk and stared at Tayson as he walked in. "Take a seat."
He didn't refuse and sat down opposite her.
She asked, "Do you know why I called you here?"
"I can guess why, Mrs. Huo." Such horrible things had happened to Evelyn on his watch. As her bodyguard, he had failed in his duty.
"I don't think so, Tayson. I just wanted to know if that guy really loves Evelyn. Was she happy or not when she was with him? And was Evelyn telling the truth?" A woman always sees things differently than a man. Debbie thought that maybe Carlos was wrong this time.
Tayson hesitated for a while before replying, "I think Miss Huo was very happy to be with him. At least, she was happier with him than when she had been with her ex-boyfriends. That man did look like the frivolous type in the beginning, but I have a feeling that he is not what people assume he is. His looks are deceiving. He looks like a weak man, but he knows kung fu. At least, he is on par with me. I'm not sure, but he might even be better than me…" After all, he had only fought Sheffield once.
"Does he really like Evelyn?" Debbie asked expectantly. If he didn't like her and just wanted to have sex with her, then she was okay with Carlos having him killed.
"I'm not sure if he likes her, but… Miss Huo likes him very much," Tayson answered honestly.
Debbie muttered glumly, "That is even worse."
Six hours later, Sheffield took off his medical attire and rushed out of the operating room.
"Sheffield, what's wrong? Why are you in a hurry?" Horace, Sheffield's partner in the surgery, asked from behind him.
"Something urgent came up. Take care of the patient while I'm away." The first thing he did after opening his locker was find his phone. He turned on the screen and saw that there were several missed calls, but they were all from people he knew.
And there were no calls or messages from any unknown number. His heart sank at once.
Without putting on his white gown, he grabbed his phone and rushed out.
He ran all the way to the garden where he had met Evelyn. As expected, she was no longer there.
The inpatient department had two twenty-story buildings. Where could he find her?
He ran back to his office and took out his laptop. He logged into the hospital system and searched for the name "Evelina." The result showed that there was no patient by that name.
'Huh? What's going on?' Sheffield frowned.
Only at that moment did he realize that the woman might have hidden a lot of things from him.
He only knew her name and a few things that she liked and disliked. He didn't know anything else about her.
Sheffield went to Horace's office. "Horace, I'm going to the inpatient department. Call me if you need anything."
"What are you going to do in the inpatient department?" Horace felt that Sheffield was being really weird lately.
Picking up his eyebrows, Sheffield smirked, "Of course, I'm going to chat with the girls there."
Horace adjusted his glasses and said with admiration, "If I was as handsome as you, I would be doing that as well. I would hang around with girls all day."
Clutching the photo in his pocket, Sheffield left the office without another word.
In the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular department on the first floor
As soon as Sheffield showed up at the nurses' station, the nurses' eyes lit up with excitement. "Dr. Tang!"
"Why is he in our department?"
A young nurse boldly walked up to him. She gently stopped Sheffield, who was pretending to be looking at his cell phone. "Hello, Dr. Tang."
Hearing her greeting, Sheffield raised his head and greeted her with a smile, "Hello!"
The nurse was on cloud nine. "Dr. Tang, are you here looking for someone?" she asked, trying to hide her excitement.
"Oh, here's the thing. It's all because of Horace. His sister is admitted in the hospital right now. I came here to check on her, but I can't seem to find her." Even though Sheffield was lying, he looked so calm and collected. No one would have doubted his words.
"Horace's sister? I didn't think you were so kind as to check on his sister. Do you know what she looks like?" the nurse asked, her eyes glued to his handsome face.
He searched his pocket and said, "He gave me a picture. Have you seen her?"
He held up the photo in which Evelyn was feeding an elephant in D City.
"Wow, she is so beautiful!" the nurse exclaimed.
Sheffield said with a smug smile, "Well… I think so too." 'Of course, she is beautiful. She is my woman, ' he thought proudly.
Hearing this, the other nurses immediately gathered around and looked at the picture. "Yeah! There is no way that this is Horace's sister. She doesn't look anything like him."
"We've never seen her before. I guess she's not in our department."
"Oh," said Sheffield with a frown.
He then forced a smile and took the photo from the nurse. "Since she is not here, I better go and look for her in the other departments. Thank you. I'll buy you an afternoon tea next time."
"Wow! Don't forget that!" The nurses watched him leave as they giggled amongst themselves.
Sheffield launched a thorough search of the hospital. He went to the respiratory department, the brain surgery department, the tumor department… He even went to the pediatric department looking for her, but she was nowhere.
