After a lot of urging from both Alexa and her trusty caretaker, Connie Markos the nurse practitioner, the duo had finally been able to send all visitors home. Alexa could see the exhaustion her family was trying to hide from her clear as day.
The room had still been filled with a subtle, yet tangible tension and it was something she was going to get to the bottom of, but first, they needed as much rest as she did.
Now alone she eventually agreed to take the mild sedative and painkiller Connie had been discreetly coercing her to take throughout the day. The sun had set not long after and the redhead settled back into her bed allowing the dull waves of false sleepiness to wash over her.
Connie came to check on her one last time before clocking off for the day unknowingly leaving a window of opportunity open for an insidious plan.
