Chapter 1969

“Let me see Edwin first,” was all he said.

The servant trailed behind Mark.

Upon entering, Mark’s eyes met with Edwin, sprawled on the bed, his little face flushed.

A thermometer was perched at the bed’s head.

Scooping it up, Mark placed it under the boy’s armpit, his voice edged with concern.

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“How high did his fever get?”

“39 degrees Celsius,” came the heavy reply.

A lump formed in Mark’s throat.

hands, his touch as gentle as a feather

it was the coolness of his hand, but Edwin seemed to find solace there, nuzzling closer the

warbling tone,

the servant’s

a tender chuckle, she corrected,

This is your father.

didn’t return to

cool cradle of

of sorrow struck

gentleness, caressing Edwin’s feverish brow

as

a cooling patch to Edwin’s fiery forehead, beckoning the servant for a glass of

storm raging, venturing out was

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