I slipped into the hospital through the side entrance. I couldn’t bear to go through the main doors, afraid of seeing the bloodstains and recalling my father’s struggle against death.

After the incident, the hospital had installed facial recognition systems at all the entrances and beefed up security to prevent another tragedy.

The director had called earlier, saying they had the investigation results regarding the assailant. I didn’t ask Aubrey to join me.

Since that day when I confronted him, he had left home. He mentioned he would stay at the hospital dormitory for a while, and I didn’t try to stop him.

There’s no point in trying to hold...