(Jasper’s POV)
I sit up so fast, I get dizzy.
“What do you mean by she’s gone? Didn’t you say she’s in the waiting room?”
The nurse, startled by my strong reaction, takes back a step. “She was…but she’s not there anymore.”
I try to calm down, telling myself she might’ve just stepped aside for a call, or to use the restroom. I tell the nurse to go and check again, to ask the other staff if they she’d seen when she left and where she went.
When she returns, she asks, “Is your wife’s name Scarlett?”
I nod, wondering why she’s asking this when I told her to find out about Scarlett.
“The name of the woman who was waiting outside is Virginia, Mr Blake. Your wife left an hour ago, and from what the staff have told me, she didn’t even stop when you fell.”
My mind goes blank. For a second,
