Chapter Eighty One

SIENNA

It took me a moment for me to process what my father had just said. My shoulders went rigid and furthermore, even Benjamin froze at the news. I closed my eyes because I could feel my exhaustion intensifying.

“I didn't tell you about the issue for you to worry about it, but I just wanted you to have an idea of what's going on,” my father assured me but the harm had already been done and it was already too late for that.

I was tense with worry and the thought of more people getting hurt made me even more tense with worry. I could feel my stomach clenching unpleasantly at the thought of people dying, and more people getting hurt. The more I thought I was making progress, the more I was simply deceiving myself.

Eventually, the doctor came around and examined me. Benjamin and my father were present and I watched intently as he scribbled down some things on a piece of paper. I was almost tempted to snap at him to get to the point already but I knew it was frankly unfair to have him