Chapter 15 - Rose

“Don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Vamcap. Alec has already been medicated and the fever is going down as expected. You two did really well to bring it up so quickly. A little longer and he could have a seizure, but it's under control now. Try to get some rest, yes?” the doctor smiled sympathetically at the two of them, and Rose had to contain a grimace at the way she was treating them as if they were a loving couple desperately concerned about their child.

“Thank you, Dr. Ackerman.” she thanked him, knowing it wasn't the poor doctor's fault for not knowing that the only reason she and this man were putting up with each other at that moment was the little boy asleep in the bed next door, completely passed out after taking a few shots.

“Do you have any idea what could have caused such a high fever, Doctor?” Sitting in the armchair directly across from Alec's bed, as far away as possible from the armchair Rose was sitting in, next to the headboard, Aaron asked, casting a sharp look in h