Chapter 171

He raised his hands to silence everyone and recounted, "She knew something was wrong when she saw my face instead of Alan's. Thankfully, the doctor was there with her and warned her that if she got too upset, she'd be sedated. Susan told her to get the needles ready because that idiot, meaning me, did something to her husband. I started telling the story while the doctor fetched the medication. By the time she returned, Susan must have caught the tail end of it and the doctor injected her immediately. Susan started yelling at me, and then the doctor added something to her IV line. Susan drifted off to sleep while threatening how lucky I was that she couldn't reach my throat."

Cassandra took her husband's hand and addressed the group, "Listen up. We've got three people here, all a bit under the weather, but they're alive, and they're going to get better. It's on us to make sure of that. No arguments, no fights, no gloomy fa