Chapter 33: Be like him

Dev' POV

"Who's the hottie?"

She pointed outside and I started coughing, when I managed to stop, Alyssa had already lost interest.

Alyssa threw a cotton wool packet at me and I caught it.

She went back to the boy on the bed and his tear stained face mother

"Given the location of the injury, I believe the knife barely missed his liver but his lips are turning blue and he needs blood transfusion" Alyssa told them and stood up.

The mother looked at her son and her eyes flashed with conflicting emotions.

"What did I tell you about playing with your father's silver blade, Cory?"

"Sorry, mother. Jake dared me to stab myself" the boy said in his defense.

The mother looked at Alyssa. Her mouth tightly pressed together.

"Any chance you can cure stupidity too because I birthed two buffoons. And their father is like my third child"

Alyssa smiled and touched the little boy's hair.

"We will get him all fixed up in a jiffy. Hold on, Mama" Alyssa told the boy's mother. My cousin's bedside manner