Darryl put on an uncaring expression at the look on her face, grinning as she asked, "You don't have to do it if you don't want to, you know."

Darryl stretched on the chair he was sitting in. "I'm going to have to get some rest, then."

Rest?

Simone stopped short. "Why? Make the pill now, you must!" She could clearly sense that the poison was increasing in intensity in her body by the second.

Darryl let out a breath, speaking in a false tone. "I wish I could too, you know. It's just that all