#Chapter 137: Uncle Lucian

Aria’s POV The next day, I reached a point in my research where I needed to run a few tests on Cathy, so I had her come to the hospital. Julia and Harold offered to babysit, but they had spent most of the day before with the kids, so I knew they’d be tired. Instead, I had Cathy bring the kids with her. Now, they colored in coloring books, sitting against the wall of a corner of the office while I took some bloodwork from Cathy near the desk. “I do appreciate this,” Cathy said. “Truly. I’m so happy the war ended and you and Piper were able to get here.” “I would have found a way to come back anyway,” I told her. “You are my best friend, Cathy. I never would have left you on your own to face this.” Cathy nodded, and looked down. “I didn’t want to tell you how scared I was. How scared I am. My mind is perfectly fine, but my body isn’t cooperating anymore. I try to tell it to do something – something as simple as reaching for the television remote – and it just won’t cooperate.”