“Nurse!” Claire shouted, her eyes widening in panic as she stared at the empty incubator.

Evalina, still in the chair after the kangaroo therapy, trembled violently. “Where is Hope?!”

Several nurses and a doctor rushed into the NICU. A manual alarm was triggered. Security was called in.

“She… she was just here!” one nurse stammered, clearly shaken. “We only stepped out for a moment to grab the new breathing equipment!”

Evalina tried to stand, but her knees buckled. Claire caught her.

“No—don’t. You’re not strong enough.”

“I have to find my daughter!” Evalina screamed, her voice sharp and full of hysteria.

Hunter had just returned from the administrative office when...