âWithout it, I would rather die!â Sophia cried out.
Betty hadnât had any first-hand experience with medication reliance.
Though Sophia wore a crooked expression, she gleaned a fleeting insight into the agony of drug withdrawal.
âAbout Jeffrey⦠Have you managed to deal with him?â Sophia suddenly inquired in a sly manner.
Bettyâs heart dropped. She replied softly, âI have arranged someone to handle it. The only thing is, that person hasnât gotten back to me till now. Iâm afraid that they havenât done it yet.â
âSo useless! All of them are good-for-nothings!â Sophia opened her eyes wide in fury.
âMom, weâre talking about a prison here. Itâs good enough that I was able to find someone to do the work for you.
âHis movements in there are limited. Unlike the outside, he canât just do as he wishes. So, please just wait a little longer. We should hear back very soon.â
âWait? How can I bear to wait? Each day that Jeffrey is still alive⦠My heart is just like a cat on a hot tin roof. I canât sleep nor eat well!â
In her nervousness, Sophia began to pace. She said, âIâm certain that Alyssa and Jasper have met with him. Plus, they are surely thinking of a way to make him open his mouth and testify against me!
âIf I let him live⦠It would only be a matter of time before he rats me out!â
Betty also knew that the stakes were high. But she truly had no better wuy.
So, she could say, âCalm down, Mom. Iw cross her fingers and Jeffrey wanted to rat you out, he would have done so long ago. Why would he wait until now? I guess youâre not the one he hates the most, but Jasper and Alyssa!
âHe had taken so many lives with his hands before he came to work for you. But he was still able to come over safely.
âHe probably never expected all his hard work to be ruined in Alyssaâs and Jasperâs hands. That is why he hasnât exposed you to this date.â
Sophia nodded as she listened to Betty. She also thought that Betty sounded reasonable.
Suddenly, a knock at the door made both of them jump!
âWho is it?â Sophia asked as she walked into the living room.
âMadam Sophia, itâs me,â Rory replied emotionlessly.
The look in Sophiaâs eyes dimmed. She opened the door just a and peeped callously at Rory, who was standing at the door.
Rory greeted her, then said respectfully, âMadam Sophia, Mr. J sent me to pass a message to you.
Please accompany him in attending the horse race this weekend.â
Sophia yanked the door open. âJavier asked me to go with him? Iâm not grounded anymore?â she asked. She was so excited that her voice was trembling.
âYou are the one who has always accompanied Mr. Javier to attend the annual horse racing event. This year will not be an exception.â
âGreat! I will surely attend. I will be there!â
She closed the door. Tears were welling up in her eyes. She was in a frenzy of delight.
After a month of being grounded, she was finally about to be able to see the light of day again.
Was this proof that Javier was no longer mad at her? Was the tension between them alleviated now?
Butâ¦
Her current awkward condition, the one whereby she would lose control of her bladder once she stopped taking the medication, came to mind.
Furthermore, this sort of situation was unpredictable, even to her. She had no control over it at all.
She would fall into disrepute if she urinated involuntarily at the horse. race. Not only that, Javier would also hate her to the bone.
However, if she didnât attend, it wouldnât be respectful toward Javier. This was even more difficult to handle.
She felt like she was at her witsâ end, Then, Betty approached her and whispered in a low voice, âMom, are you worried about your health?â
âBetty, what do I do? Iâm really in deep shit now!â
Sophia sank to the ground and sat there limply. She put her head in her hands in much pain.
âIf I donât have it, I will lose control of my bladder. Not only that, I will be unable to fall asleep all night and lose sleep. My mind is a mess, and I keep hearing things. All that noise is making me go mad!â
She saw and heard things, and eventually, she would start having hallucinations, too.
She was losing control over everything. But as long as she injected me any prooviivou vy matun, uni It wasnât just that. She would even feel rejuvenated. Her energy would be renewed. She couldnât part with it. She really couldnât.