The Surgeon's Ghost
"What's this about? Why are you bringing up Samuel now? And even if I did, so what? His family—dead, broken—it was all your doing anyway."
He admitted it so casually, shattering whatever illusions Adeline still had left.
Everything—the love, the promises, the memories—was a lie.
She had been the punchline all along.
Adeline burst into hysterical laughter. She pointed at his empty glass, her voice dripping with venom. "I poisoned it. Hah. You drank it all."
Nicky froze. His eyes went wide. He lunged for the bathroom to make himself throw up, but a sharp, searing pain had already erupted in his gut.