Chapter 25: No Will To Live
When Viviana woke up after a day, the good doctor was there. He told her that she had contracted a catheter-induced urinary tract infection. The wound in her hands was treated along with her UTI.
Viviana sighed in relief. In the few seconds her brain functioned after she encountered that excruciating pain, she had imagined a lot. She thought that Leander had done something to her, filmed it, and distributed it already.
But thankfully, the pain is not what she feared it would be. She is sick, that’s it.
In retrospect, if the pain was what she imagined it to be, she wouldn’t have been able to stand or walk. She knows what days of abuse would do to a woman. She was happy that didn’t happen to her.
Leander brought the dinner. He didn’t speak much but he looked very contemplative. She was not in the mood to chat with him either.
She asked for a wish. That didn’t go well. That didn’t stop her. She complained about her lack of underwear. She never liked going commando. Sitting with crossed legs all the time was tough.
Without saying anything, he looked at her for a minute.
"Today, my brother is the guest on Abbott’s Late Night Show. They already recorded it," he said breaking the silence. There was a glint in the corner of his eyes as he carefully gloated.
"So?" Viviana raised her brows as she wanted to know what he was getting at.
She knew the PR machine would come up with something after the big exposé on Evander. The Kastello family can surely buy a slot in the most viewed late night show to make Evander presentable and remind everyone why he is the "King" of the entertainment industry.
Evander was charming, she should give him that. He would pull it off.
"He addressed the rumors surrounding the "accident" that was falsely reported by a news organization," he said and leaned on his chair.