Chapter 14

"What happened to Chase?" Wyatt asked the nanny. He roughly pushed Brielle aside and said, "Stay here. I need to check on Chase." "I saw on the monitor that he was flushed and struggling to breathe. I've called the doctor." As Wyatt ran to Chase's room, Brielle's anxious expression went unnoticed. The doctor checked on Chase and found no fever, so a blood test was run, and the results were alarming. Chase's body contained high levels of benzodiazepines, contents found in sleeping pills. "How could anyone feed such a young child sleeping pills? It can harm the nervous system, affect brain development, and even damage vital organs like the heart. It could be life-threatening!" A thought crossed Wyatt's mind. He looked at Brielle, who now seemed guilty. Chase was a needy child who required constant, extensive care. Although Brielle was his biological mother, she had hardly put any effort into caring for him. Even Wyatt himself sometimes didn't know how to handle him. Put simply, the