Chapter 554

I stayed silent. I didn't want to tell Elijah why I had come to Switzia. Seeing him only made me feel worse. It was all because of him that my father had publicly disowned me. He noticed my resistance and the way I pulled away from him. Leaning on his cane, he turned to discuss my condition with the doctor. My body was still weak, and I fell asleep again. This time, I could feel someone watching me from a distance, like they had a lot to say but didn't dare come closer. I slipped back into my dreams. The illness hit me hard. My fever spiked repeatedly over the next two days, and it wasn't until they gave me strong antibiotics that the fever finally subsided. Elijah changed his travel plans and stayed at the hospital to take care of me the whole time. Knowing I couldn't stomach Switzian food, he went out to Haltonese restaurants in the area for every meal and brought the food back to me. But I was too sick and didn't have much of an appetite, so most meals ended with me barely t