Elara had a policy at her company that once a month, every employee got a day off during the
week. So Victor hadn’t gone to work that day. Yet seeing Daniel like that at school and later in
the hospital left him feeling uneasy. Did I really give him asthma? he wondered, a pang of guilt
twisting in his chest. But it was true; since Daniel struggled to breathe and definitely he had
inherited it from him .
Victor lay in bed, still heavy with worry, when he saw Elara leaving in her car. He silently
prayed she hadn’t taken Daniel with her. Gradually, he forced himself up. His coffee order hadn’t
arrived, so after freshening up, he decided to take a risk he would go to Elara’s house. He knew
well enough that if she ever found out he came to her home without permission, it would be
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