Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 245

Lizetta barely caught any Zs last night, tossing and turning, and even woke up at the witching hour to check on Joseph’s noggin.

Come moming, she woke up to full daylight streaming through the window and craned her neck.

Joseph was all snuggled up in the blanket, back turned to her and not moving a muscle.

Lizetta reached out and gave the boy’s head a little rub.

“The sun’s shining on our butts; time for us slackers to roll out of bed!”

But Joseph was still out like a light, and Lizetta propped herself up with a chuckle.

the act, get up. Gobble up breakfast and I’ll drop you off…”

She froze mid–sentence, her face going pale.

Joseph’s little face was burning up, and tuming him over, she saw a crimson mess under his nose a nosebleed had soaked through half the pillowcase.

“Joseph, wake up! Remi!”

Lizetta was scared witless, propping Joseph up and grabbing tissues to dab at the nosebleed, shouting for Remington.

Remington responded and pushed at the door, but it was locked from the inside.

Just as Lizetta was about to hop out of bed to unlock it, bam! Remington burst through the door.

on the bed, panic–stricken, cradling an unconscious Joseph, his brows furrowed slightly, and he swiftly wrapped Joseph in the

bundle up and

was a calm

the door and hurriedly got dressed.

got downstairs, Remington had already tucked Joseph into the back seat of the

Joseph, and the man

hospital, Joseph was whisked straight into the ER, and Lizetta, watching the closed door, felt her

pressed against her back as he

“Got scared?”

let out

Joseph have an episode before, never imagined it

the hospital, she’d held Joseph,

going to be okay,

looked up, her heart

her to a chair, took an alcohol wipe and carefully started cleaning the blood off her hands, one by one.

troublemaker? What could possibly

his teasing tone eased her a bit,

own sibling like that? If the Dashiell family has a

whatever you say. So, did I manage wreak havoc on

tossed the tissue away, gave her hand

intensity in his eyes made Lizetta’s

he the biggest disaster of them all? She’d fallen head over heels for

how close they were, and she tried to pull her hand back in

he asked,