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Martin was speechless at Ellar’s calmness. Ellar understood the risks, but he was willing to take the same chance Martin did when he tested the medicine on himself.

Ellar reasoned, “You guys are here. Nicole told you about the antidote and what to do in an emergency, so you won’t let anything bad happen to me, right?” He hesitated a bit.

“What do you mean?” Martin asked, confused.

“If things get really bad, you’d call Nicole to save me,” Ellar said with a reluctant smile. “But I hope it won’t come to that. If Nicole has to step in, we’ll have to give up on this.”

Martin realized Ellar wanted to keep this from Nicole.

“If we tell Nicole, she’ll disagree,” Ellar shrugged.

“But if we hide this from Nicole and she finds out, she’ll be upset with us,” Cindy said, worried about the responsibility.

Ellar explained, “There are two outcomes: if it works, she won’t blame you, just me. She won’t stay mad forever. If it fails, she’ll scold me, but not forever. I don’t want to do this, but I want to help Patricia.”

would be angry and hurt,

Do you

couldn’t explain it to Nicole or the Riddle family if something went

Cindy’s refusal, Ellar suddenly grabbed a shiny fruit knife from the coffee table and slashed a deep cut

doing?!” Martin and Cindy exclaimed

asked, “Will

a look and

said, putting down the

bandaging the wound, Martin instructed Ellar to come here after work every

said, acknowledging Martin’s consent before

at the door and turned back to Martin, emphasizing, “Not just Nicole, don’t let Patricia know about this

if Patricia found out, she might give up on her treatment, which was