Chapter 46: Lance.

“I honestly don’t know Lance. I saw Tammy with a drink she told me was for you. I saw something dissolve in it before she took it to you. Then I found you dying in your room, and I asked our on-site doctor to treat you because it would take too long to get to the hospital. He flushed your system and then you woke up. What more do you want me to tell you?”

She begins to get emotional, so I quickly stand from my desk and walk over to her on the sofa to hold her.

“I didn’t mean to upset you. I was just surprised and wondered why I was possibly different to others who often die from poisoning. Or recover but slowly and with some complications.”

“Let's say it's because of your blue blood pedigree. Perhaps that gives you a little protection and chances to choose to do better next time, like with the alcohol.”

I nod as it is plausible, I guess and hold her closer to me until a knock at the door announces the arrival of Anton for the meeting, so I return to m