For the three days following, Charlotte had busied herself with gardening chores. Other times, she would help Hayley prepare meals in the kitchen.

Her days were leisurely, albeit her treatment was behind schedule.

Dr. Felch would extract some daily blood samples from Charlotte for testing. However, to everyone’s dismay, there was no breakthrough yet.

In contrast to Mrs. Berry’s anxiousness, Charlotte was unusually laid back.

After all, there was nothing she could do.

Hayley was a cheerful girl. She loved to hum a tune or two when doing her house chores. As such, it brought joy to the room whenever she was around.

 

The scenic and secluded place that Charlotte was in helped her feel more relaxed during her treatment too.

Mrs. Berry was rather impressed by Dr. Felch’s acupuncture treatment on her chronic health issues. She urged the doctor to expedite the antidote research for Charlotte.

 

However, Dr. Felch would repeat the same answer each time he was asked, “We can’t rush it. These things take time.”

Mrs. Berry would then sigh and leave Dr. Felch in peace.

would talk to Zachary and the kids over the phone every night. The kids

mentioned the incident that she was stalked and ambushed. There wasn’t any

keeping a tight

would act up once every other day. When that happened, Dr. Felch would let her take the herbal medication. Charlotte would fall asleep after

repeated the drill for

ninth day, Sam came back with a bag full of herbal ingredients

vegetable garden, the latter was bustling about in the kitchen, boiling

in the kitchen while stealing glances at Dr. Felch’s laboratory every

again during dinner. Instead of giving her the usual herbal medicine, Dr.

they returned to their bedroom, they found that Dr. Felch had prepared a herbal bath

“I have prepared this on Dr. Felch’s order. Help me get her

this part of the treatment?” Mrs.

“Quick, we need to immerse her body in

“Alright, alright.”

of them gently stripped Charlotte down, they settled her into the bathtub. After which, Hayley extracted her acupuncture needles and began sterilizing

Dr. Felch started giving verbal instructions to Hayley about which acupoints for the

Dr. Felch’s instructions, Hayley inserted a dozen of needles into

blood started flowing

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