Lydia, seeing Alaric shake his head, decided not to get up to answer the door.

The doorbell rang for a while and then stopped.

Just as Lydia was about to breathe a sigh of relief, her cell phone buzzed in her pocket.

Checking the caller ID, she saw it was Thalassa calling and quickly answered.

"Lydia, did you swing by Alaric's place to check up on him?" Thalassa's concerned voice came through the phone.

"Yeah, I did. Gave him a shot," Lydia replied.

"Have you left yet?" Thalassa inquired.

"No, still here," Lydia said.

"We're at his doorstep, rang the bell but got no answer," Thalassa explained.

ringing? Hold on,

quickly got up and headed for

spooked earlier by Angelina and Georgia, instinctively fearing

it was

the door, Lydia saw Thalassa and Hertha standing there. She was

entered, Thalassa

survive. It's just a nasty flu. Not like it's the end of the world," Hertha

a jolt in his heart and excitedly

too soft for

to call out louder, but then he remembered the disdainful look Hertha had

impatient tone.

words back

briefly recovered energy faded, and he slumped back onto the bed, disheartened. "You've got it

him, Alaric quickly lay back down and closed his eyes, pretending to be

he did, footsteps

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