Chapter 64 The New Threat.

Days turned into weeks—the hospital visits, endless hours spent speaking with doctors, and trying to maintain regularity at home as much as possible for Lily. In all this, though, Kai had slowly started to improve. He was gaining a little strength and mobility again, but at the same time, the way ahead remained very long and uncertain. But while we were focused on Kai's health, the outside world kept moving, and with it came new challenges that we hadn't anticipated. It was a gray Tuesday morning when I first heard about the new competitor. I was sitting in the small cafeteria of the hospital, nursing a cup of coffee while I waited for Kai to finish his physical therapy session. That was when Williams's hurried phone call brought me the news. "Vanessa, we've got a problem," he said, without any type of introduction, and I could hear strain in his voice. A knot formed in my stomach. Williams was doing his best to run the businesses of Kai in his absence, but I knew that it had not b