Chapter 267

Claire's POV I could ignore Lucius. But Lucas? Lucas was my son. I glanced pointedly at his hand still gripping my shoulder. "Fine, I'll listen. But don't touch me." Lucius immediately released my shoulder. I turned and sat back on the sofa, deliberately keeping my distance from him. He returned to his seat. "My plan was to find Lucas, confront Evelyn, explain everything to you, and then we could be a happy family of three." "Let me guess. Something 'unexpected' happened again?" I asked with a bitter laugh. Lucius ignored my reaction and pressed on, "Because Evelyn kept Lucas locked up with silver, he developed Silver Poisoning Syndrome. He was only a little over a year old. Too weak to fight it." That caught my attention. "Silver Poisoning Syndrome? Lucas has that?" Looking at Lucas's adorable chubby little face, I couldn't bear the thought of him suffering. Lucius nodded. "It was my fault. I had to focus on getting him treatment, which pushed back my plans to explain things to you. T