Chapter 241

OLIVIA

“I don’t think it’s wise to tell her.” Nick’s voice floated through the crack in the door as I walked back from the kitchen, a glass of water in hand. The tone of his voice was serious, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right. Who was he talking about? What was going on? And most importantly, why was he so concerned about not telling me?

“What will be the point of keeping it from her? It’s not like they aren’t here, and she’s going to ask when she doesn’t see them,” Ethan’s voice followed. The words made my heart start to race. What weren’t they telling me?

I paused, listening closer, and then heard Nick again, his voice low but laced with tension. “I don’t care. We keep it to ourselves as long as we can. I am not willing to face Olivia right now, not with everything else going on.”

That was when I couldn’t hold back any longer. My curiosity burned, and my instinct told me that whatever they were hiding, it had to do with me, and probably my children. I couldn’t stay out of it any longer. I reached for the door handle and pulled it open.

their faces froze, their shock evident. I didn’t say anything, my gaze fixed on them, but I stepped aside to let them in. They hesitated, clearly unsure, but eventually, they stepped in, their footsteps slow and reluctant. I shut the door behind them, feeling a strange heaviness settle over me.

and sat down, feeling a cold knot of anxiety in my stomach. I didn’t say a word, but I waited. And after what felt like an eternity of silence, the weight of the moment pressing down on

are with the doctor in the next room, Ethan started, his voice heavy with concern. “We don’t know exactly what

The question felt like it came from somewhere far away, like I

responded quickly, trying to ease some of the panic I could feel building inside of me. “They’re just… sleeping.

me any comfort. I was on the edge now, feeling a strange sense of foreboding. This wasn’t something that was supposed to happen, not here, not now. My mind was

have him receive them, look after them.

plan, my focus narrowing to the task at hand. But as I entered Lilly’s room and closed the door behind me, the exhaustion finally hit me like a tidal wave. I sank onto the couch, the full weight of everything crashing down on me. My body felt

What

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