Chapter 98

That night, Cassandra took care of Noelle. She coaxed her daughter to drink the tonic and wiped her down several times. She kept busy until 3:00 am when Noelle's fever finally broke and color returned to her face. After checking Noelle's pulse and confirming she was out of danger, Cassandra dragged her exhausted body back to her bedroom. She picked up her phone and glanced at it. There was a message from Gregory sent three hours ago, saying he was staying at the Hart residence that night and wouldn't be coming home. Cassandra couldn't be bothered to reply. She noticed a friend request notification on Instagram that had been sent two hours ago and tapped it. It was clearly a new alternate account. The profile picture was the app's default gray figure, and the username was "Self-Redemption". She remembered that earlier that day, Evelyn had mentioned in passing that she'd opened a new Instagram account and would add her later. Cassandra figured it must be her, so she accepted the fr