Chapter 68

“So let me get this straight again. Your caretaker put this liquid inside the food she prepared for you and she put poison in your girlfriend’s food. So you knew but did not want to tell her that it is poisoned because you both had a little misunderstanding and because you don’t want her to die, you decided to eat the two portions. To prove what exactly?” a woman in her mid-60s questioned Lucas who laid flat on the bed and she removed the glass she wore before folding it carefully.

“It is the power of love, Mrs. Jeda,” Nicholas said with a grin and Raven hit his head with the book in her hand.

The woman moved her eyes to look at Nicholas and she clicked her tongue as she shook her head. “It is a pity,” she said. “You people don’t come to visit me but now that you came, you are giving me work to do.” And then she returned her eyes back to Lucas who lay still on the bed. “Ever since you got back, the only way to let me know is by sending Sullivan to me for bags of blood. Am I not worth