"Where are you? Your mother has fallen ill and is hospitalized."

"Avery... this is more serious than before."

My fingers shook as I swiped through the texts. How come? She was healthy the last time I saw her. What happened all of a sudden.

Or is this another one of Benjamin's tricks? Is he just doing this to get me to come back as always. I know he can stoop this low to get his heart desires.

Still, I didn't know what to do. I have every reason not to go see Madison. There was a lot of reasons but there was still that small voice at the back of...