Chapter 4

“No, Logan! You can’t do this! My father is going to die!”

Dropping every bit of my pride, I clutched Logan’s hand and looked at him through tears in my eyes.

Charles was the only family I had left. I couldn’t lose him.

However, Logan threw my hands off and led Elise back inside aloofly, shutting me out in a state of despair.

The antidote was out of the question now, but the doctors had to get through. There may still be a slight chance.

In the end, I pounded the door until my fingers bled. Only then did Logan open the door once more.

His expression froze when he saw my blood-stained hands. It took a while before he said, “Coral, here is your final chance. Apologize to Elise now, and I’ll let the doctors pass.”

Elise giggled from inside the room. “Oh, forget it Logan. She’s here to make my life hell. Why would she apologize to me?”

Logan narrowed his eyes. “Do I need to repeat myself? Apologize, or Charles’ treatment ends now and forever.”

I stared at the man I had loved for so many years, my tears running dry.

Without another word, I stepped inside and scanned the photos of them together around the room before approaching Elise.

“I’m sorry. It was wrong of me to accuse you. I shouldn’t have barged into your home and hit you. I’m so sorry.”

Holding onto a tiny glimpse of hope, I added. “Can you give me the antidote? I swear I won’t press charges. I’ll leave Logan too, and you can be his wife.”

Elise tilted her head and looked at Logan. “Is that supposed to be an apology? It sounds like another accusation to me.”

Rising to her feet in disappointment, Elise brushed past Logan and let out a sigh.

“I guess I will never get a genuine apology from her.”

Logan stared me down, feeling let down more than ever. He clenched his fists and snarled through gritted teeth.

“Ask for her forgiveness. Put your heart into it.”

My blood ran cold.

Elise stopped, the pride of a winner spread across her face.

I bit back the lump burning in my throat and kept my head down. “Please, I beg you.”

Logan turned back to Elise. “Is that better?”

With Elise giving the nod, Logan came to me. “Alright, the ban has been called off. You can go now.”

Logan tried to pat my shoulder, but I flinched away from his touch.

He watched me leave in a hurry, his arm still hanging in the air. For a brief moment, he was stunned.

While on my way back, I kept beating myself up.

I shouldn’t have gone to Elise’s place and wasted my time. I should’ve known that I would never get my hands on the antidote.

However, I couldn’t afford to wallow in regret. As soon as I stepped into the car, I dialed the hospital number.

“Hello there, please send an ambulance to the Thornton residence. The address is—”

“Huh?” The voice on the other end interrupted. “We just received a call from that same address.”

“What did you say?” My voice went numb.

“Oh, here is the log. The caller reported a death. We are on our way to transport the body.”

My ears started ringing, my vision went dark, and for a moment, I was consumed by the silence.

By the time I snapped back to reality, my vehicle slammed into the mountain cliff across the road.

“Hello? Hello? Ma’am, are you still there?’

The voice from the phone kept calling out.

I slumped against the steering wheel as the flames engulfed me bit by bit.