62Alessa stood there, frozen, as James spoke. When she saw him come out of Rican's room, she wiped her tear-streaked face and quickly asked, her voice barely holding steady, “How is he? Is he… okay?”James hesitated, not quite able to ignore the distress on her face. “He’s fine,” he answered shortly, “just sleeping now.” He turned to leave, but she called out to him again.“Wait—James, please,” she said, her voice trembling, “Can you tell me what happened to him? I saw his hand, bandaged. Did he… did he hurt himself?” Her face was etched with worry, and he could see she truly didn’t know what had happened.James scratched his head, trying to decide how much he should tell her. Finally, he said, “He, uh… he took something, okay? He overdosed.”A small gasp escaped her lips, and her eyes filled with shock. “Overdosed?”‘Overdosed of what?”“Drugs”- James this time said straight.James sighed, looking away as he tried to find the words. “Doctor said he’ll be fine, and they were
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