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."

trying to comfort her, Corinne asked with disbelief, "Where's Joey? I need to see him

bed to look for Joey. Jeremy did not stop her but got

first." Jeremy held her hand carefully, preventing her from rushing

that much. However, Jeremy insisted she wore the slippers before leaving. With

there, don't worry. Joey's in the pediatric ward, with his

of the ward, leaving the rest of

had not found Anya on the mountain, but they had caught the balloon seller. After the police interrogated him, it was almost certain that Anya was the mastermind behind Joey's kidnapping. As for Anya's whereabouts, they

Maxwell was looking a bit off. He reached out to support

because Sunny blurted it out. He woke up in the middle of the night to find they were all missing. He then had a bad feeling about it, so he called to

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