Jonathan slowly raised his head.

His eyes burned with a mixture of terror and fury as he stared at Maria.

“I pay you to clean the house, not to kill my children,” he hissed coldly.
“I gave strict instructions. No one gets them out of their chairs without medical supervision.”

Maria trembled, but lifted her chin.

“Sir… with respect, your sons weren’t going to break. They need to move. They’ve been begging me to play whenever the nurse isn’t watching.”

“When the nurse isn’t watching?” Jonathan stood up, towering over her.
“You’ve been interfering with the medical plan I’m paying for?”

“You’re fired,” he snapped. “Five minutes. Pack your things and leave before I call security.”

Maria stepped forward desperately.

“If I leave, they’ll go back to sleeping all day. Those boys have muscles, Mr. Hayes. What they don’t have is energy… because the nurse keeps them drugged.”

The room fell silent.

Right then Nurse Diane walked in carrying a silver tray with two syringes.

“Oh dear, Mr. Hayes,” she said smoothly. “I heard shouting. Their heart rates are elevated. I warned you untrained staff shouldn’t interact with the boys.”

Jonathan looked at the nurse—recommended by the best doctors in the country.