Chapter 66: What the hell…

Isla stood in her mother’s kitchen, preparing dinner. She had arrived that afternoon to find her mother lying in bed, barely responsive.

Despite Isla’s concern, her mother refused to go to the hospital, insisting instead that a doctor could attend to her at home. Reluctantly, Isla agreed and called Doctor Charles, their longtime family physician.

As she set the soup on the stove, she poured a glass of water and made her way back to the bedroom. Doctor Charles was already there, standing beside her mother’s bed.

“Why didn’t you come to see me when I asked you to?” he asked.

Pausing in the doorway, Isla overheard his words and frowned. “You asked her to see you?” she repeated, turning to her mother.

Dr. Charles swallowed hard but remained silent. Isla’s gaze shifted between them, suspicion growing. “Mom, why didn’t you go? And since when did you start having appointments at the hospital?”