Chapter 579

Poisoned? This was utterly unforeseen for Frederick.

“Frederick, think hard. Has Manley eaten anything unusual at home these past few days?”

Teresa, though half in the dark even after Jocelyn’s lengthy explanations about belladonna, was still somewhat baffled.

But she was aware that Manley might have hallucinated from ingesting belladonna.

So, without waiting for Frederick to reply, Teresa eagerly interjected, “Granny, Manley eats the same food as us, and he hates mushrooms! He never touches the mushroom stew Sadie makes! He only likes meat!”

“Now that is peculiar. Where could the trouble have stemmed from?”

Frederick cleared his throat, “Mom, are you so sure Manley was poisoned?”

those

“And how do we explain the bruises

truly hallucinated, thinking Marguerite was hitting him, then he might have fought back. It’s possible he hurt himself

likely he had wronged Marguerite. But he could not fathom why Manley would be poisoned for no reason; the boy loathed mushrooms and would

always managed by Sadie. It made

tugging at Frederick’s sleeve, his

Hayes’ daddy! Manley hallucinated because of the poison. Doesn’t that prove my mommy

his tumultuous heart finding a sliver of calm, mixed with an imperceptible guilt, “Alright, I’ll look into this immediately.”

asking, “Did you two rush over here just to clear

my mommy! Mommy said that even if the whole world turns its back on

if all people in this world don’t trust

Frederick was speechless.

little girl, truly is the daughter of Marguerite. Sharp-tongued, always

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