“Oh dear, what happened to your shirt, Mr. Nacht?” At the same moment, another paramedic exclaimed, “What’s this?”

“Let me take a look at that.” The younger one between them went in for a closer inspection. “If I’m guessing this correctly, it should be bird droppings.”

“Did it come from that little parrot?” The two of them looked at the unconscious Fifi in astonishment.

“Right, that has to be it.” A third paramedic came out of the washroom and sounded agitated. “I saw that bird poop on Mr. Nacht last night and he didn’t seem too pleased…”

“Could it be…” The trio looked upon Fifi with considerable sympathy.

Charlotte was taken aback as she looked blankly at the bird. It crossed her mind that Fifi could have been strangled by Zachary.

Her strength escaped her as she nearly collapsed onto the bed.

“Ms. Windt…” The younger paramedic propped her up and offered her some gentle words of consolation, “Please take care of your health. The parrot is still alive so you might be able to save it if you could get it to a veterinarian.”

“As we have other matters to attend to, we should be going.”

and left as quickly as they

followed suit, afraid that Charlotte might be upset. That could mean trouble for

and was extremely upset with Zachary as she looked upon the half-dead

a teddy bear at heart

to throttle Fifi for

thought him an absolute

it, the more she wanted to choke the

that may arise. If he could bring himself to do this to a mere parrot, she shuddered to imagine

the mistaken belief that they were Michael’s, she was afraid that

she started to pace around inside the

the door was slightly ajar. When she got close and peeked out, she saw a female paramedic outside

the Nacht family bodyguards were all scrambling in the

put on her shoes while she made a

on watch took

and jabbed at the

two of the bodyguards reacted, the door had already closed upon

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