"You seem a bit off? Did something happen during the time I went to pick up Nicole?" Gale asked.

"Nothing, everything's normal." Shawn replied, calming himself and opening his arms to Nicole, "Come on, Daddy's here."

He desperately needed his daughter to comfort his fragile heart.

Nicole was about to run toward him, and he was ready for that joyful satisfaction of his daughter rushing into his arms.

However, Joshua intervened.

"Nicole, weren't you here to visit me in the hospital? How did you go to Daddy's side first? Don't you care about me anymore? Don't you love me anymore?"

Nicole abruptly stopped. Then, she turned and ran straight to Joshua's bedside.

"Why would you think that, Joshua? Mommy told me you were injured, and I was so worried!" Nicole stood by the bedside, looking at him with concern. "It must hurt a lot. Why are you so careless?"

"It's not my fault. Someone else caused my injury."

"But Mommy said it was because you fell."

Joshua denied, "It's because of some