Of Tahina Hospital

"Alex—" Garner tried, but Alex already knew what his father would tell him.

'Calm down son.'

'Everything will be alright.'

'We will be okay.'

As much as comfort seemed like a better option for Alexander today, he didn't need it. Not like this and not here. He just didn't wasn't to be here to listen to his family pretend to have hope when the risks were growing by the day. 

Gauri Garner in the hospital could only mean that his mother's condition was worsening. They all knew it, they all could see it, and yet even then, they were not in a place to determine what would happen next. 

What had once been a beautiful family was slowly falling apart and at the center of it all was a woman determined to get her revenge. Payback is a bitch, they said, but no one ever said how much it would hurt. Lia had gone through hell and back and they had all watched her.