Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
Mia held Patricia’s hand. This was the woman who showed Mia what the affection and love of a family felt like.
Once Sage recovered, she would visit Patricia with her children. Settling Patricia down in Nord City wasn’t a bad idea either.
Midway through lunch, Mia received a call from Nicholas.
She headed to the garden outside and asked, “Has Ginger arrived safely?”
Yes, but I have bad news.”
“Fire away.”
“The container should contain the bone marrow, but it’s empty.”
How could the container be empty?
Color drained from Mia’s face. Her voice trembled. “How could this be?”
Her heart sank to the pit of her stomach the moment she heard that.
“I will never make jokes about something this important, Mia. I checked thoroughly several times and even checked the delivery process with Peyton. Everything was done as planned. Seems like there was a problem before the container was dispatched from the hospital.”
There was a problem before the container was dispatched from the hospital?
In other words, someone did something to the bone marrow before that!
Taking deep breaths, Mia attempted to calm herself down. There was no room for mistakes right now.
Her hand ruffled through her hair. “There shouldn’t be any problem with the hospital. We already made the arrangements.”
She thought everything was going according to plan. When the bone marrow was delivered to Nicholas, Sage could undergo the treatment.
However, the container arriving at Nord City empty was not what she had expected!
Just who dared to lay a finger on the bone marrow that could save Sage?
“Mia, I called the person in charge from the hospital. He confirmed that the bone marrow was placed in the container. He doesn’t know why we received an empty one. Something must’ve gone wrong throughout the process. You have to go to the hospital in person to check it yourself.”
“Got it. I’ll go to the hospital to get to the bottom of it,” Mia said with determination.
“Mia, just a reminder¨CSage is in the vacuum chamber. You have to get Timothy’s bone marrow as soon as possible. Otherwise, you know what will happen to Sage, don’t you?” Nicholas reminded Mia of the dire circumstances surrounding them.
She frowned. “I know. Don’t worry. I’ll get it back at all costs.”
She wouldn’t forgive whoever had stolen the bone marrow!
The call ended, and her hands were shaking.
She managed her expression before returning to the living room. “Sorry, I don’t think I can keep you company for lunch. Something came up and I have to go now.”
“What’s wrong, Mia? You look awful. Did something happen?” Patricia could see through her right away.
“It’s a long story. I gotta go now. I’ll explain everything to you one day,” Mia said hurriedly.
“Okay. Hurry on. Be safe.” Patricia didn’t pry further, but she was still worried.
It took everything in Mia to hold herself together. Leaving Patricia’s place was the first thing she had to do right now.
Once she got into the car, the air around her shifted.
She massaged her head, recalling the entirety of the situation. Nicholas was right.
Something had happened in that hospital.
Only one person could do something in the hospital¨CTimothy.
Who would’ve known he would get in her way at such a critical moment?
It was no wonder he said nothing after stopping her at the rooftop of the hospital yesterday.
He was waiting for today¨Cthe day she realized that the container was empty!
That bastard!
Mia rushed to the hospital only to be informed that Timothy had been discharged this morning.
She looked for the doctor in charge of the bone marrow. They cross¨Cchecked the procedures but found nothing that could be the problem.
Quickly, she asked someone to retrieve the surveillance footage in the hospital.
Then, she drove away from the hospital.
Mia took her phone out to call Timothy immediately.
The line got through right away and his voice sounded, “I didn’t expect you to call me again. I thought you returned to Nord City.”
She rolled her eyes at his acting.
Still, she asked patiently, “I heard that you’re discharged from the hospital. Where are you?”
“At work. Need something from me?”
She gritted her teeth. “Yes, I need something from you.”
She hung up the call and instructed the driver, “To Barrett Group.”
Now, she had to go to Barrett Group to interrogate that man in person, to ask him why he retrieved the bone marrow. He clearly knew that that was the key to saving her child!
She held her phone tightly. The sheer thought of Sage waiting in the vacuum chamber broke her heart.
If they lost the bone marrow, Sage’s life would be in danger!
She would never let him die in the vacuum chamber! Never!
The car reached Barrett Group at full pelt.
She alighted from the car and slammed the door shut. Then, she walked into the building hurriedly.
However, a security guard stopped her. “Miss, only Barrett Group’s staff is allowed to enter.
Mia shot him a cold look. “I’m here to see Timothy Barrett.”
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Then, she walked inside the building.
The security guard wanted to stop her again, but her bodyguards pulled him to the side.
Mia managed to get in without hurdles.
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The receptionist noticed something wrong and sprang from her seat. “Miss, who are you looking for?”
“Timothy Barrett.”
“Do you have an appointment with Mr. Barrett?”
“No, but I must see him today!” Mia didn’t want to waste time explaining herself to the receptionist.
Turning around, she went for the elevator right away.
Every second was precious. She couldn’t afford to waste a single second.
Alarmed, the receptionist called for security guards, and soon, more than ten security guards confronted her team of bodyguards.
The air around them tensed.
At that moment, Luna showed up with a smug smile. “Ms. Monalize, I didn’t expect to see you in Barrett Group again. What business do you have here?”
“I want to see Timothy.” Mia glared at her.
“How could you disturb him at work? What do you need to see him for? Tim’s been discharged only this morning, and he came to work for a meeting. He didn’t even take a break. He recently put off much work because of you.
“You don’t have the right to know. This is between him and me,” Mia snapped back.
Luna shifted her gaze to the receptionist. “As you know, Tim hates this kind of thing the most. You know what to do, don’t you? Stop that lady.”
“Yes, Ms. Maynard.” The receptionist listened to Luna and instructed the security guards to stop Mia and her bodyguards.
A glint of fury flickered in Mia’s eyes as the situation took a turn for the worse. Her patience had reached its limit.
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Her anger flared up. guess you didn’t learn your lesson hard enough yesterday.”