She remained silent when she heard his answer. All her pretenses and strength she had summoned up collapsed when she realized that Elliot could not face the children or bring himself to go outside because he felt like he could die at any moment.

"You won't die." She found her courage again after a brief moment of silence. "Elliot, let's go take a nap! We will go to the hospital when we wake up."

She was not asking. She had allowed him a few days to rest, and they could not delay the visit to the hospital any longer.

Leah's parents arrived at Bridgedale after she had asked them to leave Aryadelle because Natalie was in Bridgedale.

When Natalie was in a meeting, her assistant came to tell her that her aunt and uncle-in-law were here. She knew why they were here and did not see them right away, but instead, she returned to her office after a little over an hour.

"Natalie, your uncle and I went to Aryadelle to visit Leah, and she is severely injured. She's now in the hospital," Mrs. K