Chapter 106

“The child is dead?! Are you kidding me?” Marilyn's words hung in the air, incomprehensible, and absurd as Carlton felt a wave of dizziness wash over him as if his mind had been plunged into darkness.

“I am sorry to announce this, Carlton. The doctors tried all they could to save her life, but it wasn't successful,” Marilyn's loud sobs wracked out of her throat violently, her voice trembling with angst.

“Wait. Wait,” Carlton shut his eyes tight, his voice barely audible while finding it hard to breathe as he tried to process the impossible news again.

For a moment, he was struck dumb, as his thoughts spiraled into confusion as numbness spread to his limbs like wildfire, the phone slightly slipping in his grip.

“What do you mean?!” He demanded imperiously, his emotions distant and unfocused.

“I know this is hard to accept, but it is true. Daisy is gone. She died this morning,” Marilyn's words slapped Carlton hard on his face again, and cast him into