Chapter 55: Depression or Autism
"Be good, Melissa. Just wait a little longer; it will be better soon. Go fetch a basin of hot water," Frederic Howard soothed her, cradling her in his arms and restraining her gently, then instructed Aunt outside the door. If it were any other time, he would have used physical means to help her through the effects of the medicine. But ever since that incident, Melissa Ernest had been very resistant to any form of intimacy with the opposite s*x. If he did that now, when she came to, it might as well be like taking her life. Moreover, the toxins in her body had not yet been cleared.
*Puh~* Melissa Ernest spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Melissa, wake up!" Frederic Howard called out anxiously.
"Lay her down flat," Tim said hurriedly as he walked
