The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne woke up to find herself in a hospital. The light above her was eye-piercingly bright, causing her to break out in cold sweat. "Joey!" she cried out.

Through her blurry vision, she could see someone gently stroking her head and whispering in a deep voice into her ear, "It's okay, it's okay..."

Corinne's breathing slowly calmed, and the scene before her became clearer. She made out Xante, Aaron, Annie, Lucas, Sunny, and Maxwell. They were all looking at her with a mix of concern and tenderness.

Jeremy was the one who was cradling her gently, comforting her with soft-spoken words.

Corinne was still in a state of shock. She straightened up in Jeremy's arms and asked with reddened eyes, "Where's Joey?"

Jeremy looked at her gently and said, "Don't worry. The doctor saved him. He's fine and awake now."

was just trying to comfort her, Corinne asked with disbelief,

not stop her but got up with her. He supported Corinne carefully

her from rushing out.

leaving. With no other choice, she hurriedly put on the slippers. "Where's Joey? Hurry, take me to him!"

said, "I'll take you there, don't worry. Joey's in the pediatric ward, with his grandparents and Francine by his

and followed Jeremy out of the ward,

not found Anya on the mountain, but they had caught the balloon seller. After the police interrogated

suddenly noticed Maxwell was looking a bit off. He reached out

the night to find they were all missing. He then had a bad feeling about it, so he called to ask what