Alle Kapitel von His Father’s Addction: Kapitel 121 – Kapitel 130

HAZELFour whole days had passed, and I had managed to stayed afloat.I went to work, came home, took care of Maya and pretended everything was okay.William had been coming around to see her. I didn't stop him.We talked too, just not as much as before. I had asked him to give me time to process everything going on, and thankfully, he hadn't pushed too much.I hadn't seen Elvis either since after the incident that happened in my office I wanted it to remain that way for now.My head already had enough people living inside it rent-free.This evening, though, I could barely sit still.I was parked at the spot Betty and I had agreed to meet, waiting for her to return from the third hospital.Maya was asleep in the back, properly strapped into her car seat.I checked the time again.Damn! What was taking Betty so long?I picked up my phone expecting a call or message from her. I dropped it when I saw none.Less than a minute later, I picked it up again, still nothing.“Come on, Betty,

HAZELWhen we got home, the dining table was already set.I stopped at the entrance, William was inside.He had a key to the house.Betty stood beside me with Maya asleep in her arms. I caught the look she gave him immediately.Oh, no.I pinched her arm. She turned to me with wide eyes.I gave her a warning look.If there was one thing Betty was terrible at, it was hiding how she felt about someone. Her face could expose an entire secret before she even opened her mouth.“Hi, William,” she said.At least she tried.“I'll drop Maya in her room and get some good night's rest. Goodnight.”“Goodnight, Betty.”She walked away with Maya.I watched her disappear down to her room.Before today, Betty would've stayed around. She would've checked what William cooked, teased him about something, or sat with us for a few minutes before going to her room.Now she couldn't even stand being in the same space with him.I had to bridge that gap before he noticed.“Hi.”William smiled at me.“Hi, my lo

ELVIS That got me to adjust and sit straighter. “A poisonous substance?” The doctor nodded. My mind immediately ran through everything I'd eaten today. I skipped breakfast. Lunch was a meeting with some of the company's management. I ordered chicken salad. Nothing else came to mind, except the water. The last thing I drank before I started struggling to breathe was the water Collins gave me. “Doctor, are you sure about this?” “Yes, very certain.” I glanced at Hazel. Her hand was still wrapped around mine, but the playful mood from minutes ago was completely gone. “What kind of poison?” “We're still carrying out further tests to identify the exact substance. For now, our priority is making sure you're stable and clearing it from your system.” I nodded slowly. “You'll remain under treatment so we can flush out the poisonous substance completely. You were lucky to have been brought in when you were. If there had been a longer delay, we could've been dealing with a

ELVISMy body went cold. For a second, I hoped I'd heard the doctor wrong.It didn't fully register until the nurses began covering Moses's body.That was when it hit me. Moses was dead.I couldn't move. How was that possible?I knew death could come when we least expected it, but I never expected Moses to go like this.Memories of us came rushingThe two of us running around Grandma's farm as children, getting our clothes dirty and blaming each other whenever we were caught.Our stupid teenage escapades.The night we sneaked out of the house to attend a party and spent the entire next morning pretending we'd been asleep.All those years, gone just like that.Doris's cries filled the corridor.Peter was doing his best to hold her, but she kept struggling in his arms.“Uncle Moses!”I shut my eyes briefly.The doctor came out of the emergency ward. The expression on his face was enough.“We're very sorry.”I said nothing.“The poison spread quickly through his bloodstream and affected

EMILYWhen Peter called to tell me Elvis was fighting for his life at the hospital, I honestly thought the man had lost his mind.“What are you talking about?”“Mr Elvis collapsed in the car, ma'am. We brought him back to the hospital. He's in the emergency unit.”I couldn't process it.Elvis had called me not long ago asking me to stay with Doris. He'd sounded tired, yes, but nothing about that call suggested he was about to collapse.He'd promised he'd be back.And Moses…God.I hadn't even begun to process his death.Moses and I had history. Complicated history I would rather not think about right now. My intentions with him lately hadn't exactly been pure, but that didn't mean I wanted him dead.My phone slipped from my hand.“Are you okay?”Doris's voice brought me back.I looked at her.Her eyes were still swollen from crying over Moses, and now I had to tell her this too.“Elvis is at the hospital.”Her face changed.“What?”“Peter said he's in critical condition. I need to go.”