Chapter 99: The poisoned 

ELLIOT’S POV

I returned to the VIP ward where Sophie and the other kids were. The ward was a closed, lightly furnished cubicle partitioned into two different bed spaces by one separating wall. Sophie hadn't been feeling too well; she was still sleeping in the second bedroom, with Isabella also sleeping beside her. While I was sitting quietly with Owen in the first room, the others had returned outside to get some food. The nurses had since informed us that Nathan had woken up and that we would be allowed to come into his ward to see him in the next couple of minutes. And everybody had been so excited and relieved. I felt the residual load of worry that had been hanging on my neck even after the first news of his successful surgery dissolved completely after this second announcement.

Even Owen, who had been so down since we came in, weeping incessantly and blaming himself, had finally been able to smile again. I also noticed that he had been able to summon interest in his smartphone ag