A Timely Distraction

Emil only said Vanessa was doing fine because he didn't want Valerie to get too smug. The truth was, Vanessa was in bad shape. She was constantly getting headaches and throwing up at night, barely able to sleep.

She was all alone in her hospital room, with no family to look after her. But Vanessa was just too stubborn. Even like this, she refused to tell her family, preferring to keep them from wo