Chapter 28 I'm Home

Paige’s POV

My jaw almost dropped as I stared at Alex. “What? What do you mean sick? How sick? I mean, what kind of sickness? Is it cold? Does he have a fever? What happened?”

He shook his head. Tears are visible in the corner of his eyes, making me so nervous. What is this? I thought our bad luck had ended? I thought…

“I-I don’t know how it happened, Paige. He’s… He’s HIV positive and it’s in stage 3 already. Achi called after he found out about Ares’ sickness this morning. Paige… Paige, my brother…”

I felt my knees weakening. This can’t be. I’m certain he got it when he saved Aunt Precy’s house. He sacrificed himself. Oh God! I can’t lose another important person. I can’t… We can’t lose Ares.

“Paige, how did it happen? I’m so confused as fck. How did he get infected?”

I pressed my lips together. Up until now, Alex doesn’t have any idea about what happened when he left to work here. Up until now, the darkest part of our lives remained a secret between me, Aunt Precy and Ares. I want