On-Way Passage || ᴠᴍɪɴ

Chapter 58

For some reason, after his phone call with Eun woo, the person Jimin came to suspect the most was Aunt Lee.

Aunt Lee was always by Ju-yoon’s side, taking care of him—who on earth could be capable of drugging him behind her back? Unless Aunt Lee had known the entire time but had refrained from uttering a word.

Aunt Lee was always by Ju-yoon’s side, watching over him—who on earth could have drugged him behind her back? Unless Aunt Lee had known the whole time but had remained silent.

It took a while for the elevator to arrive. Jimin was worried; he couldn’t figure out the best course of action, but the first thing that came to mind was that they should no longer leave Aunt Lee alone with Ju-yoon.

When the elevator doors opened, Jimin patiently filed in with the rest of the crowd, pressed the button for his floor, and nervously awaited the doors to close when, at the last second, a familiar alpha stepped into the elevator.

Unexpectedly, Hoseok had come to the hospital at this time.

Jimin was standing at the back; he spotted Hoseok at a glance, but Hoseok didn’t notice him at all.

The elevator slowly ascended, and the number of people inside decreased with each floor. As Hoseok was about to exit the elevator, Jimin grabbed hold of his arm from behind.

Hoseok looked over his shoulder. His expression was guarded, and it only relaxed when he registered Jimin’s face. “Jimin?”

Jimin, slightly relieved that he’d met Hoseok here, inquired, “Are you here to see Ju-yoon?”

Hoseok made a sound of assent, seemingly avoiding the subject.

Because he had too many things on his plate at the time, Jimin hurriedly walked away, clutching Hoseok’s arm. “Come with me.”

“What’s wrong?” Slightly perplexed, Hoseok was dragged away, and they moved through the corridors at a swift pace.

When they reached Ju-yoon’s room, Jimin directly turned the handle and pushed the door open without knocking. The door swung open, revealing an empty bed.

Not only was the bed empty, but the entire room was deserted—neither Ju-yoon nor Aunt Lee were present.

Hoseok frowned. “Did they go out?”

Jimin exited the room and went straight to the nurse’s station to inquire if they had seen the patient from that room.

The nurse informed them that the patient had been wheeled out by an aunt.

When Jimin returned, Hoseok was still standing in the doorway. “Since today isn’t a good day, I’ll come back another time,” he said after a brief, hesitant pause.

Jimin immediately held Hoseok back. He had half a mind to explain the current situation to Hoseok, but when he realised it would take more than a few words, he could only say, “No, stay. Help me find Ju-yoon first. I think he’s in danger.”

Hoseok’s brow immediately furrowed. “What danger?”

Jimin had already turned away and was sprinting towards the elevator. “Just help me find him first, I’ll tell you afterwards,” he yelled as he ran.

He ran into people along the way and asked if they had seen a middle-aged woman pushing a wheelchair with a thin young man in it. Unfortunately, this was too common a sight in a hospital to stand out and draw attention—even if someone confirmed that they’d seen something similar, Jimin couldn’t be certain that it was Ju-yoon and Aunt Lee.

He took the elevator to the garden behind the inpatient building and circled it once without success, so he could only go around to the front of the outpatient building’s garden, but Ju-yoon was nowhere to be found.