#Chapter 42: Taking Sides

Aria’s POV Ignoring Cathy’s remarks, we returned home, where I read until I fell asleep. The next day, I felt as if I needed to come at the issue of Caleb’s health from a new perspective. Instead of arguing over the life-extending medicine, perhaps I could treat his illness with more conventional methods. Standing in Caleb’s hospital room, disguised as Dr. A, I tried to talk to his family about my plans for Caleb’s care. “You’ve said that he has limited time left,” Montgomery shot back. “Why would you waste that time on methods that may or may not work, when the obvious solution is within reach and readily available? If this is a matter of compensation, I can assure you Dr. A that the sky is the limit for our father.” “Not everything is about money,” Matt countered. “Quiet, Matthew. You’ve never understood,” Montgomery argued. “How do we know, Dr. A,” said one of the in-laws, “that you aren’t just trying to sabotage one of this packs’ greatest heroes?” “Martha, please,”