Silly Bride

Chapter 208

I hadn’t had time to inform my grandmother about it.”“Sure! Just leave it to me. Then, you don’t need to mention it to her anymore.”Shortly after Josiah left, Winnie received a call from Xavier. “I heard from Josiah that you’re also at the hospital. Is Old Mr. Xander okay?”“He’s having an X-ray presently, but it shouldn’t be anything major. Where are you right now?”“Okay. I’m about to reach Nate’s hospital room. I’ll leave after saying a few words to him. Just stay at the orthopedic department and don’t go anywhere. I’ll come over and look for you in a short while.”After deliberating for a moment, Winnie replied, “No, it’s okay. Josiah actually got a nurse here to keep an eye on things, so it doesn’t matter even if I leave. I think I’d better head over to Nate’s hospital room directly. Old Mr. Xander is worried about Yolanda and asked me to look for her on his behalf.”“All right, then. In that case, I’ll wait for you in the hospital room.”When they had finished speaking, both of them hung up the phone.Winnie then put her phone away in preparation of getting to her feet and leaving.Coincidentally, Sebastian concluded his X-ray session and came out at that precise moment.She went over and inquired about his condition before telling him about her subsequent plan.For that reason, she was delayed for a while.In Nate’s hospital room, Beatrice and Nate were the only ones there by the time Xavier arrived.Xavier didn’t see any signs of Yolanda.He made some inquiries from Beatrice and texted Winnie: Yolanda isn’t here, but she might have been here previously. They’ve gone to check the surveillance footage. Are you still coming over in this case?His text was delivered in no time, but Winnie didn’t reply to him immediately.He knew that she might be busy with Sebastian’s matters, so he didn’t rush her.Just when he had exchanged a few more words with Beatrice, the latter suddenly received a call and stepped out of the room.At that, he and Nate were the only ones left in the hospital room.They had no common topics in the first place, and Nate couldn’t speak at the moment. In an instant, the hospital room plunged into such silence that even the sound of their breathing was clearly audible.Nevertheless, such a chilly atmosphere didn’t last long, for Xavier’s phone rang.It was an exceedingly important call.He initially didn’t want to take the call in front of Nate, but the caller was currently in a unique location where the signal was pretty poor.It wasn’t easy to get a phone call through, so he answered the call at once.“You’ve found her tracks? Where’s the exact location?” After uttering those two questions, he left the hospital room.As soon as he left, Nate, who was initially reclining sideways on the bed, promptly sat up.For some inexplicable reason, his instincts were screaming that the person Xavier spoke of on the phone was referring to Yulissa. He was convinced that the man was searching for Yulissa’s whereabouts. In other words, she’s still alive!That belief kept him going. Disregarding even the pain from his wound, he furtively got out of bed and followed Xavier.After Xavier and Nate had both left, Winnie arrived at the hospital room.To her confusion, the hospital room was empty, not a single soul there.Nate, who was supposed to be lying on the hospital bed, was no longer there. Neither was Xavier.She took out her phone, planning to ask Xavier for his current location. Only then did she see the text he sent her a while ago.Immediately, she gave Xavier a call. Unfortunately, his line was busy.She found it boring to stay in the empty hospital room alone, so she went in the direction of the surveillance room.More than familiar with that private hospital belonging to Josiah’s family, she arrived at the surveillance room in no time.When she arrived, Beatrice and Kevin were looking over the earlier surveillance footage in front of Nate’s hospital room.The moment they caught sight of her, they all greeted each other politely.Thereafter, Beatrice and Kevin continued scrutinizing the surveillance footage.After replaying it once, Kevin pointed at a figure on the screen and declared, “This was the woman. When I opened the door and stepped out, she had already gone a distance away. She was acting all suspicious and ran off even faster than a rabbit.”Beatrice’s brows creased as she studied the woman in the frame. “Who is she? Do you know her?”Kevin shook his head. “No. I’ve never seen her before.”Winnie,