Chapter 189 — His Father Told Him the Truth

Ayden woke up with the uncomfortable feeling of having slept too much and, at the same time, not having rested at all. His head felt heavy. He slowly sat up in the hospital bed, wrinkling the sheet between his fingers as morning light came in through the window.

He didn’t want anyone there.

He didn’t want doctors.

He didn’t want friends.

He didn’t want anyone looking at him like a wounded animal.

He had said he was fine, that he just needed to sleep,