CHAPTER 1477: CHAPTER 1477: HANK THOMPSON GOES MISSING

Charlotte felt uncomfortable hearing these words.

In the end, she could only muster a somewhat helpless smile and said, "Alright, alright, Mommy will tell you these things next time."

However, Charlotte didn’t notice the hint of disappointment in Chad’s eyes from a distance.

They treated this matter as a minor episode during breakfast. After eating, Charlotte took the children to the hospital to see Vincent.

"Sorry, there was an emergency with a patient just now. I had to check on it and kept you waiting."

As Vincent greeted Charlotte, he held a stack of medical records in his hand, looking somewhat fatigued, as if he hadn’t rested well.

"It’s alright. But as for you, certainly you haven’t rested well, still worrying about Grace’s issues all this time." Charlotte shook her head, looking quite apologetic.

"It’s what I should do." Vincent smiled, then turned his gaze onto Grace, who was beside Charlotte.

"Grace, how have you been feeling lately? Any discomfort in your body?"

Vincent asked several questions about Grace’s recent condition, and after hearing her answers, turned to Charlotte.

"She still needs to have a full-body check-up first."

"Okay," Charlotte replied, then followed Vincent with Grace.

However, Vincent stood still, scanning the other children.

"But the other children cannot come along."

Vincent’s words led to the children exchanging glances. Olivia stepped forward timidly, saying, "Uncle Vincent, can’t we accompany Grace? We’ll be very quiet and won’t be any trouble."

"Yeah, Uncle Vincent, we’re very well-behaved," Hank also nodded.

Though Vincent didn’t verbally respond, his disapproval was evident on his face.

"Well..."

Vincent’s reaction added some regret to Charlotte’s heart.

She wished she had brought Jordan along, so he could help look after the kids.

"How about letting the kids wait in my office?"

Seeing the hesitation in Charlotte’s expression, Vincent put his hands in his pockets and spoke.

"Otherwise, you’ll be distracted taking care of them."

"Thank you."

Charlotte didn’t refuse, as it was indeed a good solution.

Afterwards, Vincent took the rest of the children to his office, while Charlotte went to the blood collection room with Grace.

"I wonder how long Grace’s check-up will take."

But after sitting quietly on the sofa for about five minutes, Hank began to get restless and started muttering.

"Uncle Vincent said that once the heart matching succeeds, Grace can have surgery soon, and the heart disease can be cured," Jack replied, flipping through the medical book in his hand.

"No, I’m still worried; I want to go and check."

Hank seemed to contemplate for a moment, then shook his head and headed directly towards the door.

The children were startled by Hank’s actions.

Olivia was closest to the door, so she immediately followed after Hank, but didn’t find any trace of Hank in the hallway outside.

"Second brother?"

Olivia walked further down the hallway, looking around, but found no sign of Hank at all.