"Go ahead if you want to, but you don't need my permission."

"Do you even care a tiny bit about Dorothy's health anymore?" Quincy quirked a brow, her tone laced with sarcasm. "Heartless, much?" Everett frowned at her, irritation clear in his gaze. "Leave."

"I just came to see how you're doing."

"Don't bother, just go."

Silence.

Everett turned away, pulling the blanket over his head in a clear sign he had no interest in engaging further.

It wasn't long before Quincy's footsteps faded away.

Only once he was sure the door had clicked shut did Everett sit up again.

He grabbed his phone and dialed Kevin. "Where are you?"

"Picking up the kids, on our way back to their place!" Kevin's voice perked up at the sound of Mr. Lopez. "Mr. Lopez, are you feeling better?"

"Send me your location." Everett bypassed the question.

"Sure, sending it now."

swung his legs out of bed and

place, waiting

thinking

she finished setting the table and washed her

"Coming!"

a smile spreading across

her

"Everett?"

supposed to

he saw her. "I dreamt about dad last night and missed him so much

Everett, noticing his pale,

"Mommy?"

dad's sick, he should

to let

made herself

faced with Langston's pleading eyes, she

want daddy

adamant, clinging to Everett's arm, refusing to let

brother's determination, Caught in a difficult position, Dorothy shot Everett a

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