After sending Yara and Cassie to the hospital for examination, Ethan went straight home without stopping.
When he pulled open the door to the basement, Ava immediately crawled to his feet, her voice shaking. "Ethan, I'll tell you everything — I swear, I'll tell you everything."
During the weeks she had been down there, he had ordered his people to bring her one steamed bun and one cup of water per day.
The hunger and thirst had hollowed out what had once been a pretty face, leaving it dry and sallow. Her eyes were vacant, her lips cracked and split. "Ethan, I'm so hungry... I'm so thirsty..."
Ethan looked at her with unconcealed disgust. He had someone pour her a cup of water, then sat down across from her.
"Talk."
Ava drained the cup in one go. "It was Edmund who sent me to get clos
