"Poisoned".

Rose had not woken up since she fainted. Even after the doctor asked them to transfer her to the hospital. After the tests were done Arthur stated by her side waiting for the results.

Little Arthur had been transferred to his mother's room and was sleeping soundly in his crib after Arthur holding him for hours until he drifted to sleep.

Holding her hand he noticed all the wounds on her body. His heart ached even more.

"Why do I always come late ". he whispered.

The doctors had checked but nothing seemed wrong but after more tests, they confirmed Rose had been poisoned. It was a rare poison that was hard to detect in the body, it would keep hurting the victim until it was too late. Arthur had asked them to find a way to save Rose since they had detected it but to his disappointment, only the antidote could save her.

" We can try to process it but it will take a long time and which we don't have. If the poison enters her womb the twins won't be able to survive " the doctor had said.

"Can't we find a way to slow down the poison ?" Ralph had asked.

" We can but with this type of poison it will only quicken it to move to other parts if it detects other foreign bodies inside the system " he sighed.

"Then what can we do ?" cried Irene.

"Get the person who did this and get the antidote from them" he said.

There was silence as they all looked at Arthur. For he was the only one who could get it from Victoria. But her whereabouts had not been found yet.

"I can help you find her and the antidote too, " a voice said.

All their eyes turned to where the voice came from, it was Nathan.

Arthur frowned as he watched him walk closer to them.

"Why should we trust you ? ". Ralph asked.

" Because am all you got and we are running out of time," he said.

Arthur didn't say anything and let Nathan talk. H told them all Victoria's plans and where she was hiding.

" That's why you can't find her, while she was still acting as Ruth she was able to find all the locations of your hidden warehouses. Using this she was able to find a perfect hideout where you won't able to notice since it was yours. " Nathan told Arthur.

Arthur sent his men instantly and told them to kill on site. But Nathan stopped him reminding him of the antidote for Rose.

"If she dies then Rose and the twins die," he told Arthur.

Arthur commanded his men to bring Victoria alive as well as Richard.

Nathan begged to see Rose which Arthur refused to grant.

"It your fault she's poisoned and hurt so you have no right to see her " he had told him off.

He commanded his men to lock him up until Victoria and Richard were captured.

Arthur watched in over Rose when he received a call from his men. " We got them both and are hiding to the base " he was informed.

" Am on my way " he said. He was ending everything today so that Rose and his family don't suffer again.

Arthur entered the darkroom where Victoria was being held.

She held a smile on her face as she watched him enter. His perfect body looked down at her chained to the chair. His eyes held so much anger that Victoria looked away after staring at them.

" I guess she's dying " she smiled.

Arthur didn't say anything as he moved around her chair letting her talk.

" All you have to do is take me back and I promise to spare her pathetic life and those innocent twins won't die too," she told Arthur.

Arthur stopped right in front of her, Victoria looked up expecting him to say yes to her demands but Arthur had something else in his mind.

Before she could know what happening Victoria found Arthur's strong hand around her neck. His grip got tighter and tighter with every passing moment.

"I will only ask you once, give me the antidote," he said in almost hissing the words. He seemed to be controlling his angry to get his answer.

Even as she felt all the air being chocked out of her, Victoria didn't say anything.

Ralph was watching over his sister when Arthur walked in. His face showed how devastated he was as he moved closer to her bed.

Ralph moved away letting him sit next to her.

"I know we are running out of time but take it slow, Victoria won't say anything if you just force it out of her " Ralph tapped Arthur's shoulder and walked out.

Arthur laid his eyes on the motionless face of Rose. Time was running out and Victoria was still playing her crazy games. Rose and the twins' lives were in more danger with every passing hour.

Arthur felt Rose's hands move in his. But her eyes remained shut. " Butterfly, please hold on we will soon wake you up ". he cried.