“I’ll go turn myself in. I’ll tell the police I’m the son-in-law of the richest family in Frostgale City.” I continued confronting Lucia. “And just tell the truth: you brought a man home and then you told me to buy LaxaTube… and--”
Lucia cut me off in panic. “Shut up! If you dare say that to anyone, I'll make you suffer with my own hands!” Just like that, she quickly walked away.
“She looks scared." Amelia asked like a curious child. "But why though? Does she have to be that scared?”
“Well, LaxaTube turning into Crazy Glue is super weird, right? It will definitely go viral.” I continued, “Normally nobody cares about such silly news, but if it hits the trending list, people will dig into Lucia's past.”
“Northwind Enterprises is a global company. If that kind of scandal gets exposed, what do you think will happen?” I let out an evil smile.
“You are so bad,” Amelia said, finally understanding. “The company probably won’t be destroyed, but the board of directors will definitely attack her. Even my husband James will get attacked.”
Suddenly, a nursed called, “Family of the patient, please come in!”
Amelia and I went into the emergency room. There was a curtain, so we couldn’t see Asher. But boy, we surely hear him screaming.
Then the doctor asked the family to sign the surgery form, because they needed to operate. That much was obvious since his butt was practically glued shut.
“It’s strange,” the doctor explained seriously. “We found that the top part is still LaxaTube, but the bottom tube did contain Crazy Glue. Did you perhaps know something about this?”
“So now the patient really needs to poop, but his rectum got glued shut. Hence he cannot do any of that.”
“We must operate on him soon. If the patient kept holding it in and somehow it breaks something inside, he’s finished.”
“Then do the surgery! I’ll sign!” I stepped forward.
“Excuse me, you are the patient’s…?” the doctor asked.
“Oh, he’s my wife’s best friend,” I explained. “They were playing in the bedroom, then he suddenly ran out. I was totally confused.”
“I can prove it!” Amelia raised her hand. “I’m his mother-in-law!”
“…Wow. Your family is really messy,” the doctor said, shocked.
Anyway, I signed the form. Asher also agreed to it, so he went into surgery.
After Amelia and I walked out of the room, we saw Lucia coming back. She saw us and thought Asher was dying, so she rushed over.
“How’s Ash?!” she asked in worry.