Matilda's heart got tense.
Not a single light was on downstairs, and the noise became more pronounced in the darkness.
It was like someone was pouring something. It was rattling. Matilda could even imagine that the hands were shaking and could not get it out.
“Have you come back, Aaron?” Matilda ventured to shout.
Suddenly the air was quiet, and then a sound of something falling to the ground. Matilda, standing at the top of the stairs, was surprised to hear the sound and quickly pressed the switch of the light.
The dazzling lights suddenly filled the living room. She was shocked by what she saw.
Samuel was curled up in a corner under the sofa, and a bottle had fallen at his feet, with white pills spilling over the floor.
He was going to pick up the pills on the floor when he suddenly felt the light turn on. He had to cover the harsh light in front of him, and his eyes were horribly red.
Matilda paused for a moment, then approached Samuel and said, pretending to be natural, “You are taking medicine. Why don't you turn on the light? What if you fall down in the dark?”
She poured Samuel a glass of warm water, then squatted down to pick up the medicine bottle on the floor, and glanced quickly at it.
At this glance, her hand trembled, almost making the bottle fall down again.
It was the anti-depressant drug. During her stay in the country, she asked the doctor, and the doctor said that if too much of it was taken, it was easy to become drug-resistant.
Insomnia, irritability, mental instability...
She raised her head and looked at Samuel's bloodshot eyes.
He took the bottle in her hand, poured two of it naturally, and ate it with Matilda's warm water. He smiled at her.
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