A promise

Grandpa Hilton mopped at Logan's retreating figure without being able to say anything. He just watched him in fright as he stepped out just like the way he did when he came in.

"Are you okay Grandpa?" Ava asked as she got closer to him and sat at the edge of his bed while Grandpa Hilton couldn't give her a reply as a result of shock. Ava noticed the fright in his eyes and followed the direction of his eyes to see that he was staring at the door.

Knowing that it doesn't really mean anything, she looked back at him.

"What happened to you Grandpa? You knew our house was going to be auctioned off and you went there? What for? To see who got it? So now that you know, what use is it to you?" she asked angrily but Grandpa Hilton remained unyielding although this time, he tried to speak but couldn't.

His mind went to the drip, he tried moving his hand in attempt to pass the message across to Ava to help him remove it but he failed to move any part of his body. The injection has probably en