"Miss." Catherine smiled. "Let me handle it, alright?"

She released Persephone's hand, gesturing for her to step aside, and began taking out the medicine packets from the cabinet.

Persephone stood by to watch silently, her heart beating faster and faster.

She felt like Catherine was counting something.

After a while, Catherine murmured to herself, "Why are these medicine packets... missing some?"

"What?" Persephone was stunned. "What's missing?"

"The quantity is short," Catherine said. She placed her hands on her hips and exhaled.

"Miss, look, I remember clearly. There were 25 packs yesterday, but there are only 17 today. How could Mr. Rutherford possibly consume eight doses in a day?

"Moreover..." Catherine paused, lowering her voice. "Except for the first time I brought back and prepared a pack, Mr. Rutherford hasn't had any since then."

"H-How do you know? Don't you prepare medicine for

"When I went to clean his room, the flowers in his windowsill pot had withered, and the

Persephone froze in place.

assumed it was

from the

problematic. That was why he hadn't

missing packets go? Persephone's legs felt weak, and she had

at her and continued her work. She washed and sorted the vegetables, prepared meals for the day, and took out a special pot for making the

seemed routine, yet subtly

frozen like

"Miss, do you really trust

bated. "What

but they still care for you." Catherine's tone was nonchalant. "Others may be around

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