Chapter 129: Christmas Dinner III

"What’s going on? Where’s Ewan?" Zane and Sandro questioned in unison the moment Athena stepped into the apartment and closed the door behind her.

Silence hung in the air, thick and palpable, as she walked into the living room with her shoulders tensed, a storm brewing just beneath the surface.

"He left. I’m not sure where he went," She finally replied, taking a seat on the sofa as worry trailed behind her words. "I think you two should check on him and keep an eye on him until Wednesday."

The gravity of her suggestion was not lost on the duo.

"What’s the problem?" Sandro pressed, his brow furrowing, having noticed the container she had brought from her room earlier. "Was he having a spasm?"

"Something like that..." Athena muttered, her frown deepening.

Sandro moved closer to her, taking a seat on the same sofa. Before him, Zane shifted restlessly, agitation radiating from his posture.

The irony weighed on her—these were the two men Ewan believed had turned against him, yet they were stepping up when it mattered most. Ewan really was a joke.

Sandro’s voice broke through her thoughts. "What’s going on? I’m sure you sensed something was off..."

At that moment, Athena looked at her children.

mother’s gazes, instinctively took Kendra and Stella’s hands and guided them out of the

he’s being poisoned," Athena stated, after they had left, her voice barely above a whisper, but the shockwave it

while Zane sank heavily into one of the nearby sofas, momentarily speechless as

them to the drowning incident from his childhood and the poor treatment he received

a mix of concern and frustration. "Why give him

excuse. The last time he was in the hospital, he didn’t even take the prescriptions," Athena explained, uncertainity settling over her. "I suspect the upcoming court case has played a part in halting his need to take care of his

If he dies, who will run the company? Doesn’t he understand that? That boy

in agreement,

about the missed appointments, he would have pressured Ewan

it?" He prompted, after some seconds had ticked by, pulling back his focus to

eyes as she considered the implications.

Zane asked, leaning forward, urgency

her lips together, gathering her thoughts. "It tamper with brain function. If the victim has any preexisting brain disorders, it worsens them. If someone has amnesia, it prevents any chance of remembering. If I had to guess, Fiona and her family are

Zane murmured,

explain a lot," Sandro agreed, adding

Athena continued, her tone urgent yet restrained. "If she was, she would

mention it, I can understand why relations between my family and his deteriorated after his parents’ death. Alfonso broke it off, after

a victim in all of this. Yet she knew they could only deal with those

from any food and drinks that come from that mansion. If possible, stay with him, act as his live-in aid until the court case is over. I need him

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