Chapter 49

"If I don't see you tomorrow, you know what the consequences will be!" Before I could say anything else, Ophelia hung up the phone. Fuming with anger, Ophelia sat there for a while, then picked up the phone and called Hudson. "Check on Thaddeus. Or find some excuse to ask where he is right now. See if the woman they keep talking about is really his adoptive mother." Hudson hung up the call and immediately dialed my number. "Thaddeus, where are you?" I was surprised to hear from Hudson. "I'm at the hospital," I replied. "Send me your address. I need to talk to you about something." He didn't elaborate on the matter and just said that it was important. I gave him the address. But instead of coming to meet me, he used his connections to find out where my adoptive mother was staying in the hospital. At that moment, I had just returned to her room and was in the process of setting down the lunch I had brought for her. Hudson confirmed our relationship at the door and then called Ophel