Chapter 15. Rights and Power

Zera’s POV

I remember the day Lionel overdosed. I came with Zion to visit, just like we had initially planned, only to find him unconscious, face down on the floor, with a needle plunged into his arm.

I called the emergency line immediately to come over to the house. I didn’t let Zion in, and neither did I let him see Lionel when the medic came to take him away because I feared that would leave a negative mark on him.

We were, fortunately, able to stabilize him, and the doctors told us he had injected more doses of heroin than his system could carry. I told them he was clean, but they told me he might have stumbled back into abuse and felt too ashamed to tell me. The doctor told me he wouldn’t have made it if I had gotten to him later than I had.

Lionel pulled out of the state of unconsciousness a few weeks later. I went with Zion to the hospital to visit, and there I met Betty, Tatiana, and Owen for the first time in years. I will not forget the look