“And the medicine?” I asked.
“You were supposed to start the new dosage today,” she said. “I crushed it into your coffee this morning.”
I stared at her.
“You drugged me?”
“I saved you,” she said, tears falling now. “Because you wouldn’t save yourself.”
Silence.
Deep.
Unavoidable.
I looked at Emiliano.
He was watching all of us.
Confused.
Scared.
Trying to piece together something too big for him.
I knelt down in front of him.
“Hey,” I said softly.
