Georgia had been unable to sleep all night, and Annie was so scared that she kept curling up in her arms. The atmosphere in the ward was gloomy.
If it wasn't for the fact that she hadn't healed yet, Georgia really wanted to rush out now to look for Vanessa.
As for Elsie, she would not wait quietly in the hospital. She knew a lot of people from all walks of life, so she went straight out of the hospital to look for people and ask them to help find Vanessa.
She printed Vanessa's picture, and with her resemblance to Vanessa, Elsie was asking people everywhere she went if they had seen anyone who looked exactly like her.
However, no trace of Vanessa could be found in all the surveillance.
Rachel didn't make a move. She neither called to threaten Alfred nor called to show off. It was as if she had taken Vanessa and vanished into thin air.
This feeling of no news made everyone especially panic. None of them knew exactly what was going on with Vanessa right now.
Everyone understood that Rachel couldn't be treating Vanessa well, and if they didn't find her soon, maybe Vanessa was going through all kinds of unparalleled torture every day. It was something that anyone could have guessed.
The next day, Robert had his scheduled surgery, and he didn't tell Georgia about it. He went into the operating room alone, had his assistant wait outside, and had his first neurosurgery done quietly.
According to the experts' various discussions, he would have to undergo two more surgeries in a year, after which he would be ready for rehabilitation.
After coming out of the operating room, Robert was sent to a ward to recover from his injuries.
He had his men continue to investigate Vanessa's traces. But by the next day, there was still no news of Vanessa, as if she had vanished into thin air.
In Georgia's ward, Travis spent most of his waking hours talking with Georgia.
Georgia was anxious and couldn't eat, yet with Annie around, she couldn't act too nervous, lest she makes Annie anxious too.
Travis got acquainted with Annie during the day. He was humorous and gentle, and Annie had already called him uncle intimately.
With Travis distracting Annie's attention, Georgia was relieved.
She just couldn't hold out any longer. For two whole days, there was no news of Vanessa.
This feeling was like hanging a man in mid-air, so that he could not go up and down, which made him powerless and desperate.
When it was time to go to bed at night, Annie lay on the hospital bed and hugged Georgia tightly.
"Mommy, Vanessa can't really be in trouble, can she? She said she would stay with me. Why hasn't she come back now? I miss her."
Annie hugged Georgia and cried.
Perhaps it was the night time that was particularly frustrating, and Georgia's voice was also a little sad as she patted Annie's back.
"Vanessa will be back. She's your godmother, and she's my friend. There's no way something could happen to her. She will not leave you. Annie, she will not leave you. She will definitely come back."
Georgia could only emphasize this over and over again, as if this could reassure herself.
Annie just hugged Georgia in fear. She was still young and did not understand many things.
But Vanessa, who had been by her side for so long, disappeared, and she could see the tension and fear in her mommy's eyes.
Even Annie couldn't control her suspicions. She occasionally watched those cartoons in which the main characters would have the plot of Mom and Dad leaving or passing away.
The main character said, leaving is never to see each other, and passed away is completely disappeared in life.
You couldn't hear his voice or laughter, you couldn't say another word to him, you couldn't smile at him or respond, and you couldn't hug him again. Annie knew this feeling.
She understood what it meant to leave. So, after two days of not hearing from Vanessa, even Annie couldn't stabilize herself.
She could only hug her mommy and shed tears.
"Mommy, why did uncle leave us in the past two days too? Didn't you tell me before that he is actually my real father and that the paternity test went wrong? Shouldn't he be by our side with me right now? Why is he not here? Isn't he supposed to be my dad?"
Annie asked in confusion. Her eyes were red and her tone was sad. But this question from Annie sent Georgia into a deeper level of grief.
"He has something to do now, something very important. He has sent his men to look for Vanessa. He has not left us alone. The housekeeper who brings us food every day, and the bodyguards who are out there every day to protect us, are his people. He is your father. It's okay if you're embarrassed to call him now ... Maybe tomorrow or the day after, he'll be back with us."
"Vanessa will probably show up in front of us tomorrow morning too. Annie, don't be sad, and get some sleep. Your surgery is on the weekend, and there are still three or four days to go. Don't let anything go wrong with your body, okay?
Annie nodded. She closed her eyes and forced herself to order herself to sleep.
But this night, Annie had a particularly restless sleep.
She had one nightmare after another, as if Vanessa had really left her, and even Mommy had left her. She was the only one left in the whole world.
Later, she managed to find her father, but he pushed her away coldly, saying that she was not his daughter.
This nightmare lasted for a long, long time, and Annie even shed tears in her sleep.
Georgia never fell asleep. She could see Annie's fears and tears while she was dreaming, which made Georgia very sad.
Robert was not by her side, and Vanessa was missing. The two people she relied on and trusted the most in the world were not by her side, and she now had to be strong to protect Annie.
Georgia felt that if she didn't hear from Vanessa again, she really wouldn't be able to hold on.
She woke up in the morning and it was already the third day that Vanessa was missing.
Georgia finally couldn't resist and call Robert once again.
Robert did not pick up. Georgia called several more times in a row, but Robert did not answer the phone.
She tried calling Jasper and Jason to ask if they knew about Robert, but neither Jasper nor Jason knew. They were also helping to find Vanessa, but there was still no news.
By noon, Elsie arrived at the ward with red eyes. She sat in front of Georgia's bed and kept crying.
"I wandered around the malls and neighborhoods every day and put up posters. But D City is so big, and there are 20 million people here. I couldn't find Vanessa. I just met her and asked her to be my sister, is she going to leave me?"
Elsie asked Georgia as she cried out. She had clearly fallen into despair and collapse.
Georgia was so infected by her emotion that tears instantly flowed down her face.
"No. At least for now there is no news, and it's not the worst-case scenario, isn't it? She will come back. How could she leave you and me? Annie is her daughter and you are her sister. How can she leave us? She is still so young ..."
Georgia cried and comforted Elsie. In fact, she was also about to despair, but she could not say the demoralizing words.
Elsie roared even more angrily.
"Don't you say such self-defeating words! Something must have happened to Vanessa! I just went to Alfred's office and slapped him. He just let me hit him. But the more I did that, the more painful and angry I became. It's all his fault. If it wasn't for him, Vanessa would not have disappeared. I hated myself for making those videos for money. If Alfred hadn't misunderstood her, how could Vanessa have suffered so much? I am the evilest person in the world. How can God keep people like me alive and let good things happen to good people? This world is so unfair ..."
Elsie just cried and cursed angrily.
Georgia was also angry with Alfred now. If he hadn't provoked Rachel, Vanessa wouldn't even be in the situation she was today.
Elsie spent the whole afternoon crying in Georgia's bed. Finally, she cried so hard that her eyes were red and swollen and she fell asleep on the couch next to her.
Annie was taken back to the villa to sleep by the housekeeper. Georgia didn't want Annie to stay in the hospital every day, because the air was bad here. Fortunately, Annie didn't see how Elsie cried and broke down today.
Otherwise, Annie would have had emotional problems as well.
She was already very sad last night. At the end of the night, Georgia tried to call Robert again, but there was still no answer.
Travis came to Vanessa's hospital room at night to talk to her. He watched Georgia put down her phone in disappointment and asked her.
"Are you calling Robert? What's wrong? He didn't pick up?"
Georgia gave a bitter smile.
"I've called her several times since the morning and into the evening, but he hasn't answered. I don't know what he's doing."
Georgia even wondered if Robert was still angry with her for hiding the pregnancy.
Although it was normal for Robert to be angry about it, Georgia was only concerned about Vanessa's disappearance now.
Georgia didn't know why, but suddenly felt bitterly disappointed as Robert was ignoring her like now.
Even she herself began to doubt that if she and Robert could continue to be together if their relationship had gone awry just because she hadn't told him about the miscarriage?
Georgia had doubts about her future with Robert.
"Maybe Robert is in trouble with something very important right now. Georgia, don't you remember how I disappeared back then? You must have thought I had abandoned you. In fact, I was in an accident. Of course, I don't think Robert is deliberately not contacting you or answering your calls right now. Maybe he has a more important matter at hand. He should be safe right now. Do you have the contact information of someone close to him? Maybe he's just not available to call you right now."
Travis's words made Georgia a little scared. If something happened to Robert even at this moment, she really didn't have the courage to live happily.
Georgia began to worry about Robert's safety. She looked at her phone contacts to see if she had saved the phone number of Robert's assistant.
At that moment, her cell phone rang. This time, it was Robert who called.
Georgia was surprised and picked up the phone.
"Robert, are you okay? Where are you now? I've been calling you all day and you haven't answered. Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me."
"Robert, does this dress look good ..."
A woman's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone.
Georgia heard it clearly.