"Efru, we weren't lying when we said we found someone to detoxify the poison." I told her. "Though with how long it has been in your body, I don't know if the damage is completely reversible."
"It is alright," she said. "I look at it as my punishment. Achel is my whole life, now. He is dying, slowly, forgetting everyone and everything. Healing now would be pointless because when he goes, I will go as well." My eyes widened. Was she really going to…?
"But what about your son? Udin loves you and his father. If there is even a…" Efru put her hand up to silence me.
"We are holding him back," she said. She stared sadly up the stairs. "No woman would have him while his parents are like this. It takes all of his time to take care of us. We are a burden to him."
"He doesn't think that way. He loves you," I cried, my heart broken at her pitiful words.
