CHAPTER 6

The nurse who was scheduled to check the patients around block D, fifth floor of the hospital in Ohio, was alarmed when she saw some blood stains on the floor of the hallway. She rushed to check the room where the stains led to. When she stopped and looked up, it was the VIP ward. She hurriedly opened the door and was greeted with an empty bed. She called the management and reported that the patient- Raynier Zheng, was missing.

The hospital supervisor asked the nurse to go to his office to give him more details. The supervisor was so anxious when he heard the report. The patient who was missing was from the VIP ward. Lest it was the young master of the Zheng household.

"How did something like this happen?! Check the CCTV records around that area!" The supervisor ordered. He then took his phone and dialed a number.

It's already 11pm when the telephone inside the residence of Zheng's household rings. The butler answers the phone.

"Hello. Calling from Cloverleaf Hospitality, Dr. Elliott speaking..."

"Yes. Hello. How can I help you Dr Elliott?"

"In regards to your young master- Raynier Zheng... we both have good news as well as bad news."

"Wait a moment, I will transfer your call to my master."

Inside the office, Dr. Elliott paced back and forth as his call was being transferred. When the other side of the line picked up and answered the phone, his soul almost came out of his body.

"Hello. This is Alexander Zheng speaking."

"He-Hello Mr. Zheng. I am Dr. Elliott of Cloverleaf Hospital. Sorry for calling you late at night but I need to notify you as soon as I can about the situation around here."

"State it." Mr. Zheng said in a low calm voice, but on the other side of the line, Dr. Elliott shivered down with the tone.

"The good news is the young master is already awake from his coma and the bad news is..."

"Did something happen to my son?!!" He raised his voice as he asked, forgetting his wife who was besides him. Minerva Zheng was startled, at the same time she began to worry about her son.

"That... we are not sure about that Mr. Zheng."

"What do you mean by not being sure?"

"By the time the nurse got there to check on him... he was missing already."

"What do you mean by missing?!! Wait for me over there. Prepare yourself by giving me a good explanation about my son."

He put down the phone and started to change his clothes. Minerva hurriedly follows him inside their walked-in closet.

"What happened to our son?" she asked worriedly to her husband.

"Our son wakes up from his coma and now he is missing."

Minerva Zheng wanted to know more but she could set that aside for now as she changed her sleeping clothes into something decent as the couple hurriedly went to hospital.

"Doctor Elliott. Doctor? Doctor!"

"Why are you shouting?!"

"Well, doctor, I've been calling you but you never answered. We found out some clues regarding Raynier Zheng. From what we can see from the CCTV, someone went inside the ward. After that, we saw the man who had come in and young master Zheng running towards the fire exit."

"Unbelievable! To be able to run after being in a coma for at least a year. I never knew that our devices were so good or is it our advanced medicine?"

"Huh?!"

"Ahem. I mean... I... we can use this video to explain everything to Mr. and Mrs. Zheng when they arrive here."

A few minutes later...

"What does the hospital's security been doing?! How come it so lousy?! You can't even take care my son!" Mister Zheng shouted as he scolded all the people in the hospital.

"My son... Who's trying to kill my son?" Madam Zheng cried out of worry.

"Call our people to find my son. Make sure to control the news about my son. I also need you to find out who was this guy who's trying to kill my son. I won't let them get away with this." Mister Zheng commanded the captain of his security team.

That night, the Ohio region was turned upside down. That should be the most busiest night ever in that region. Every corner of the streets, people running around to find just one person. The sun rises but the person they are looking is nowhere to be found.

"Sir, we still haven't located the young master." The captain reported.

"If you cannot find him here, then try to expand our search. Try to go to nearby cities, region or state! Do I still need to say that?! Recruite more personnel for this."

The captain shuddered at the angry tone of Mister Zheng commanding voice. After a few seconds, Mister Zheng returned to his calm demeanor when another report coming from the portable intercom of the captain.

"Captain, we found a lead..."

"Sir, the have a lead pertaining to the young master."

Mister Zheng cues the captain to turn on the speaker so that he can listen to the report.

"We checked the CCTV around the area where the young master had been. He was wandering around on XXX Street and he had contact with a young woman near Moonstar Megamall. After that, the young master hailed a cab with a plate number of XH428J. They traveled towards West Virginia."

"..."

Alexander Zheng pinched the bridge of his nose out of frustration and worry, because how could his own son have the nerve to travel even though he has no memories and he just woke up from a coma.

"Just do anything to bring back my son."