Chapter 654 One Child Was Missing

Ashley was rocked awake by someone shaking her vigorously.

She opened her eyes in a daze, only to see Chloe's anxious face.

"What's wrong?" she asked, sensing trouble.

Her voice cracked slightly from confusion and from having been woken up so abruptly.

Chloe looked intently into Ashley's still droopy eyes and asked, "Ashley, where is the other baby?"

She and Richard had just gotten back from buying breakfast. Now only one baby was on the bed with Ashley.

Panic-stricken, Chloe hurriedly shook up Ashley who was still in deep slumber.

Because of that, all drowsiness was drained out of Ashley's body, replaced by blood rushing to her head.

"What the other baby? Both babies are right here next to me, aren't they? Don't you see them both?"

Ashley sat up and turned toward one side of her bed. Only one baby lay there quietly, the other one however was nowhere to be seen.

A great wave of panic overwhelmed her. "Oh, my baby! Wait... who's missing?" She looked closer at the baby beside her and saw that it was the boy. "Oh no! Someone took Tangyuan! How could my baby daughter disappear? Who took her? They were both beside me just now!"

"Don't worry, Ashley. Listen, a nurse might have dropped in to check in on you and realized that the baby needed something. She might have taken her for a moment. We'll figure it out." Chloe said calmly in an attempt to comfort Ashley.

As Chloe spoke, she rang the bell near Ashley's bed, alerting the nurses that their presence was needed. At the same time, she helped Ashley look for the other baby inside the room.

Soon, a nurse pushed the door open and walked in. "Where have you taken the other baby?" Chloe immediately asked, her voice slightly raised.

The stunned nurse stammered, "W-we haven't come back here since we brought the babies to their mother. What's going on?"

The nurse's words played over and over in Ashley's mind. That was all Ashley had heard.

Chloe appeared calmer than Ashley. She knew that the child wouldn't just disappear. There had to be a reason. Besides, she and Richard had onl

d that be? We observe strict protective measures in this hospital. How could anyone break in here?" Moreover, compared to the general wards, the VIP wards themselves were supposed to be well-guarded.

With a straight face, Chloe confronted the director, "Are you saying I'm lying?"

The young nurse, who was standing behind her two superiors, noted that there was only one newborn baby in Chloe's arms. Then she whispered something in the head nurse's ear.

The head nurse was also aware that a pigeon pair had been delivered in this hospital.

She, in turn, whispered something to the director. Then, he promptly turned to Chloe and said, "OK, this way, please."

Together, Chloe supported Ashley as they went with the director and his team to the monitoring room.

Two blurry-eyed men, one in his thirties and the other in his forties, were assigned to man the small room.

Upon noticing that a small group of people was heading their way, they immediately grew alert.

"Mrs. Head Nurse, what...what brings you here?" One of the men greeted, recognizing the head nurse.

The head nurse wasted no time at all. "This is the director of the hospital. Something has happened, and we need to see all surveillance videos. Now."

"The...director?"

The other man replied, stunned for a second. It seemed that he hadn't expected the hospital director to come to their small room.