Chapter 288

But sitting next to awakened Matteo hours later, I had no choice but to gather myself from the wreck I had become in Nico's ward.

The Doctor stood before us; I could only make out her lips moving, for most of the words were flying over my head. The much-needed siesta I had taken in Nico's ward on his sick bed wasn't enough to carry me on.

The doctor had a lot of words to convey Mia's suddenly being mute. The abduction had taken its toll on her. Matteo's explanation had us understanding that they had separated them. Those monsters had separated my children.

Mia was in Nico's arms, and time and again, he kissed her face and whispered things in her ears. She was even more comfortable with him than she had been with me.

"They'll both be needing psychological counseling," she was saying to Nico. There was a high chance she had observed that I wasn't paying attention to her words.

Nico nodded; he was engrossed with the feel of Mia in his arms that he only inputted i