Davin entered the dining room and walked over to his seat. The kitchen had prepared a feast for them that night. Eagerly, he picked up his fork and sampled a piece of beef. All it took was one bite, and he spat that out immediately as well.

It was horrendously bitter.

Davin sampled the fruit on the platter next to him, only to be met by that same bitterness in his mouth.

Refusing to give up, he grabbed the beverage Juan was about to have and took a swig from the bottle. Still, the bitterness assaulted his senses relentlessly. After a while, he groaned dejectedly. “Christ, is my life not bitter enough already? You’ve gotta be kidding me.”

He looked at Sheila and Nicole briefly before speaking. “Did the doctor say when my sense of taste will return?”

“No, but he did mention something else. You didn’t just lose your sense of taste, but he also warned us that you might experience some hallucinations.”

“What do you mean by, ‘hallucinations’?”

Davin was astonished at the revelation, staring at the two women dumbfoundedly. Suddenly, he saw Maya creep over to the potted plant, spoon in hand, only to begin shoving dirt into her mouth in large gulps.

“Maya, you can’t eat soil!”

Maya only grinned at him and continued anyway.

“Nicole, aren’t you going to say something? Your child is eating dirt, for god’s sake!”

Nicole clenched her fists and pretended not to notice. She had a charade to continue.

She’s sitting right here, eating her food. What

right there, by

over to look at her again, only to

his veins. Was that

and promptly returned to her

“Maya, did

shook her head and pulled a face. “Of course not! Dirt can’t

fell after hearing Maya’s

happened. When he looked up, he saw Nina sneaking over to a

You can’t eat

replied, “What’s wrong

shrimp and put it on Nina’s plate.

as if Nina was actually

Davin was completely flabbergasted.

Am I truly hallucinating?

it, and

opened it again to find nothing but cotton inside. Unbeknownst to him, Nina had already finished eating all

his hands fell to the

over, I’m no longer right

back to the guest room and asked him to have a proper rest. Davin could no longer think

lay there on the bed, wide-eyed. Davin’s face

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