Healing The Devil I Once Loved
And fortunately, he had no idea why I wanted it.
My father clapped slowly, satisfied.
The speeches resumed, but I barely listened.
Then a shrill cry cut through the room.
“Help!”
I looked up just as a man collapsed near the stage. One second he was standing; the next, he was on the floor, foam gathering at his mouth.
“That’s poison,” a woman whispered to the person beside her.
“How do you know?” her friend snapped, then shuddered. “Why today, of all days?”
“I wonder. This is why I do not take drinks… from anyone. Not even at events. They are deadly.”