Chapter 56: The Unraveling Past and a Slap of Finality
(Third person's POV)
Katherine Rivers walked at the front of the small group entering the hospital room, carrying a thermal container. Her face showed the strain of recent days, but her eyes brightened at the sight of her son awake and alert.
"Son, I brought you some food," she announced, her maternal instincts heightened after nearly losing her son to silver poisoning.
Behind her trailed Gabriel, Lily, and Evelyn Patterson, a beta hospital caretaker who quietly took her position near the door.
The scene that greeted them was one of quiet intimacy. Connor was sitting up in bed, looking far better than he had the previous day. Beside him, Olivia held her own thermal lunchbox in her hands, clearly having just finished serving him a
