Chapter 275: Folk Medicine
The next morning, Aiden had set off with Amelia and Matteo to the hospital. He had slept on the sofa of their home, simply because he was in no shape to drive himself back after being battered by all the terrible skeletons in his family’s closet.
Matteo had no great love for him, but he honestly did not want to receive news from the cops that his half-brother had been turned into a human pancake while driving home at night. At least Aiden was being perfectly cooperative now, bundled in the back seat with Sean, who was very surprised at his new seatmate.
But that could also be because Aiden was cradling a pineapple in his hand, so precious as though it was his newborn son― oh wait, that analogy wasn’t accurate, since Aiden was out there trying to get rid of his unborn child.
That pineapple was the solution to all his problems.
After brainstorming for hours last night, they still hadn’t come up with a concrete plan to get Annalise away, but Matteo was perfectly content with brute forcing it if necessary. Aiden would even offer a helping hand. His brother barely slept through the night― instead, he spent his time researching ways to terminate pregnancies using folk medicine.
Hence the pineapple. Amelia doubted it would work, but she supposed it would be a great projectile to aim at Annalise’s face if things got dire.
They drove to the hospital in silence and arrived in no time at all. They attracted a fair number of curious glances since it wasn’t the hospital’s visiting hours, but the combined name of the Hawthornes and Montgomerys meant that they were quickly ushered into Emmeline’s room.
Unfortunately, Annalise was there as well, with a smug smirk on her face when she realized who was visiting her precious daughter.
"Aiden! What a pleasant surprise!" Annalise exclaimed with false cheer. "Are you ready to finally take some responsibility for the life you created?"