Clara shoved in behind her, phone already in her hand. “I’m calling the doctor now, don’t touch him, Alessia!”

But Alessia kept pointing like she’d just caught me with blood on my hands. “I knew this would happen. She pushed him too far. She’s been poisoning him since the start!”

I ignored her, clutching Brayden’s face, whispering through sobs. “Please, Brayden, come back. Don’t leave me. Don’t leave us…”

The doctor arrived within the hour, rushing in ...