The New Babysitter

"Look, Brother, it's not even for long. I can stay here on my own until you're back. I can take…"

"No! That's not happening! Especially not after you've just had an accident. I can't leave you here all by yourself and Karen can't stay with you either because he is out of the country." Cruz explained, interrupting Cade.

"But you wouldn't want our parents to know about my accident. What will happen to that if I go home with these band-aids?" Cade asked again and because he was getting too worked up, his head began to hurt and he began to massage it.

Cruz became worried and this only confirmed Cade won't be able to take care of himself.

"You didn't take your drugs this morning, right?" He asked, narrowing his eyes at him.

Cade quickly dropped his face, trying to hide his lips which always reddened when he was lying.

"I-I…swallowed it after the meal you gave me. You saw me earlier, didn't…"

"You threw it out, right? And you still expect me to let you stay here for a whole week a