Ridley and Aileen lay in their hospital beds, IV drips feeding into their arms. The wasp attacks had left both of them with grotesquely swollen faces after being doused in honey.
Aileen's eyes fluttered open to find Darius, Pauline, and Irvin crowded around her bed.
Pauline rushed forward, worry etched across her features. "Aileen, thank god you're conscious. How do you feel? Tell me if anything's bothering you - I'll get the doctor immediately."
Every inch of Aileen's body throbbed with agony. Welts covered her skin, and her face felt like it might split apart with each tiny movement.
"It hurts," she whispered through cracked lips, tears already spilling before she finished speaking. "Everything hurts so much."
Pauline frantically summoned the doctor for pain medication. The relief came slowly but surely.
As her mind cleared, rage bubbled to the surface. Ana had orchestrated this wasp nightmare, and the Welch family had silenced them with threats to keep the police out of it.
