"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 y