"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."

his legs

back at their place,

thinking the kids could

the table and washed

"Coming!"

a smile spreading across her face as she opened

her smile

"Everett?"

supposed to be in the

him so

Everett, noticing his pale, unwell

"Mommy?"

dad's sick, he should be in the

hesitant to let Everett

had made

she couldn't bring herself

want daddy

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

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

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