Stuck in you

"You are never my burden..." Bill's voice become very low. He picked up the note again and read it word by word. The blue veins on the back of his hand popped out in a shocking manner.

"I'm sorry."

A mixture of shame, guilt, and regret overwhelmed Rachel like a tide. "If it weren't for me, maybe such a thing wouldn't have happened."

After a long silence, Bill seemed to have calmed himself down. Without looking at her, he said, "This has nothing to do with you."

He threw the note on the floor and walked to the hospital entrance. Rachel bent down and picked it up. Andy's handwriting was strong and powerful. "Bill, I have reached retirement age, but I have been worried about you so I haven't mentioned it. Now, I can take this opportunity to retire. Take good care of yourself, and don't worry about me. I'm going to take advantage of the next two years to move around and go to places I have always wanted to go to. Maybe I can live a more free and unrestrained life than now.

You should pay more attention to your health. You can find a girlfriend. If you want me to come back early, you should get married as soon as possible. I will definitely come back for your wedding."

Andy had prepared this note in advance. It was not written only at that moment, but was instead burning a hole in his pocket all this time. It looked like he had no intention of getting examined and only found the appointment to be the perfect opportunity to leave.

How could he be so cruel, just leaving like that? What about Bill?

After putting the note back into her pocket, Rachel walked out of the hospital. Bill was waiting for her in the car, his face now back to its normal expression. He said lightly, "Rachel, get in the car. I'll drive you to work."

Rachel replied, "There's no need. I drove here by myself."

Seeing the worry and uneasiness in her eyes, Bill forced a smile and turned to comfort her, "I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I will keep looking for Andy."

"Okay."

Rachel nodded and told him to be careful on the road.

However, she didn't head toward the parking lot. Instead, she turned around and went back to the hospital. She knocked on the door of the monitoring room and politely asked, "Hello, my family has gone missing. Can you get the surveillance video for me?"

Although everything was planned by Andy, Rachel couldn't help but wonder⁠—if she hadn't persuaded Bill to let Andy go to the bathroom alone, would he have the opportunity to leave?

No matter how she looked at it, she had something to do with Andy's disappearance.

The security guard looked at her up and down and said, "I'm sorry, but if you want to check the CCTV footage, you have to get the instructions from the superiors. If everyone was like you, coming here demanding to see footage just like that, the hospital would be in a mess. This place is not a market."

personnel said was reasonable, so she didn't retort even if the man's

softened. "Miss, don't worry. Try to look

office, Rachel walked around the

and Andy had been gone for

really had left the hospital, and if so, through which door and which direction he went. With these clues, it should

she didn't know anyone in this hospital.

she heard a man's clear voice say, "Rachel?

bronze skin and features looked familiar, but she could not recall his name. She asked

instead chuckled. "I can't believe you look the same after all of these years! Have you forgotten who asked you

expected, the mention of academics jogged Rachel's memory. Her eyes lit up, and

with a faint smile,

took the proffered hand in a firm handshake and smiled up at him more brightly. She had met Jasper

Rachel was able to counter his argument and prove that his idea was wrong, but he never was totally

heart at the time. Little did she know that she would

the name plate hanging on Jasper Zhang's right chest. "Jasper, are you a doctor in

said Jasper Zhang, unknowingly puffing up his

"Not very good,"

mouth a few times to speak. When her words failed her, she pulled at Jasper

was surprised. "Hey,

you are a director here, it should be easy for you to go to the security room to

junior in medical school, but you

Rachel snapped out of her thoughts. She was so anxious just now that she pulled him over without explanation. She immediately apologized

head

stood still, as

what he was thinking, so she

sighed and said, "Rachel, although I'm only your senior, I still have to tell you that you

"Jasper, if you want to help, please tell the security guard now. If you don't want to,

Zhang also realized that he had talked too much just

acquaintance, things went much more smoothly. In ten minutes,