Thompson asked Benard, "Why have things turned out this way overnight? Have you checked with Mrs. Bolistin? Has she consumed anything odd?"
After much hesitations, Benard answered in a hushed voice, "They were at Ms. Lierger's place three days ago and just back last night. She started vomiting out of the blue as soon as we reached home."
"If that's the case, had she consumed anything she shouldn't when she was away?" Staring at Zayn in the eyes, Thompson asked, "Why don't you try figuring out the things she has eaten?"
When Zayn heard Thompson, his eyes widened in disbelief again. He muttered to himself, "Could it be…"
Those affiliated with Daemon are aware he's an expert when it comes to manipulating others with different types of drugs! On top of that, he's capable of doing it without alarming others!
Thompson leaned over and asked with a gentle grin, "Josh, why don't you tell me the things you have eaten over the past two days?"
Josh tried his best to recall the things he had gone through and said, "Apart from a few glasses of water, we didn't have anything else since we fell ill the moment we reached Mommy's place a few nights ago. She summoned the doctor to check on us once she figured out something was wrong. We were rushed to the hospital due to an ongoing high fever. When we were at the hospital, we only had a serving of oatmeal with vegetable broth. Once our condition improved, we went home."
After pausing for a few seconds to gather his thoughts, he added, "Mommy brought us out for a meal because she knew we were afraid of Uncle Dan. The owner of Seacrest Restaurant made us a lot of dishes, but we stopped ourselves from eating the food since we preferred the ones Mommy made us.
Venus and I got ourselves a slice of cake to eat because it took Mommy quite some time to get everything ready from scratch. However, I'm perfectly fine."
Zayn instructed, "Send someone to Seacrest Restaurant to figure out if anything has gone wrong!"
"Yes!" Brandy departed with a team and made their way to Seacrest Restaurant without further ado.
Thompson tapped on Zayn's shoulder and reminded, "Mr. Zayn, you need to remain level-headed during emergencies. I'm afraid your foes are aware that your children are your soft spots. You need to stay calm to stop others from getting the better of you."
Gritting his teeth, Zayn gasped out his announcement, "If anyone tries to do something silly to my children, I'll take them out at all costs!"
"You need to calm down and refrain from trying anything rash for the time being since we're merely speculating."
"Daddy, Mr. Thompson, what are you guys talking about?"
Josh had a hard time comprehending the content of the duo's conversation. Nonetheless, he was startled by his father's scrunched-up face.
It was then Zayn recalled something and remarked, "Speaking of which, Randy is still at Lierger residence!"
He hesitated no more and reached for his phone to get in touch with Carla. Unfortunately, he couldn't reach her.
Thus, he leaned over and instructed his son, "Josh, can you get in touch with Randy?"
"Sure!" Josh tried getting in touch with Randy using his smartwatch, but his effort was to no avail since Randy seemed to have switched it off.
"Keep an eye on Josh and Venus when I'm away!" Zayn rushed out of the ward shortly after he finished his sentence.
"Mr. Zayn!" Seeing he couldn't stop the infuriated man, Thompson instructed Benard, "Hurry up and go after him!"
"Yes!"
"Daddy—" Josh wrapped his arms around Thompson's leg and asked while weeping, "M-Mr. Thompson, what's wrong with Daddy?"
Thompson assured the little boy it was nothing serious, "Your father is currently on his way to pick Randy up. He's just worried Randy will go through something similar if he accidentally consumes something he needs to stay away from."
Josh couldn't fathom the things Thompson had brought up, but he thought it wasn't a bad idea to have Randy around since his brother might be able to come up with something brilliant to resolve the challenges awaiting them.
I can't even keep Venus safe or tell Daddy to calm down without Randy! What am I supposed to do now?
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