Chapter 11 Find The Killer

It was only then that Henrick remembered Shandie was still on the floor, twitching non-stop.

He ordered the housekeepers to carry Shandie downstairs while he prepared to take Arielle along to the hospital.

“Dear! Please take me with you!” Cindy pleaded, tears flowing uncontrollably. “Shannie is my… She’s one that I watched growing up. I can’t possibly stay at home!”

Despite how pitiful and terrified Cindy looked, Henrick steeled his heart against her. “No! I want you to reflect on yourself! Can someone take Mrs. Southall back to her room? No one is to let her out without my orders!”

One of the housekeepers immediately nodded and dragged a crying Cindy away while Arielle accompanied Henrick into the ambulance.

“Dad, why don’t we let Aunt Cindy come along? I can see how close she is to Shandie. Leaving her at home will only worry her sick,” Arielle softly pleaded.

Alas, Henrick refused to yield.

He turned his gaze toward Arielle and sighed deeply. “You silly child. Life overseas must have been tough, hasn’t it?”

“Not at all. Life was good,” Arielle replied and meant every word of it.

She had had a wonderful life abroad, and it couldn’t have been any better.

However, Henrick thought his daughter was merely putting on a brave front and sighed again. “You’re too naive. How will you survive here in Jadeborough? I’ll have to slowly teach you the ways so you won’t feel out of place.”

“Thank you, Dad!”

“We’re family. You don’t have to thank me…”

long, the ambulance had

immediately wheeled into the emergency room because her heart had stopped

and Arielle paced outside the emergency room

was the more worried of the two. Both Arielle and Shandie were his biological daughters and were crucial

felt like an eternity, the emergency

as the doctor walked out, Henrick hurriedly went up to him. “Doctor, how’s my

you hadn’t sent her here in time, no one would have been able

confusion as he asked, “What do you mean by that? We live in a manor on top of

you won’t be able to find any in the wild here. It had to have come from there. I think this is something you might want

doctor meant. “Are you saying that this could have been an intentional

“That’s very possible.”

that his fingernails bit into his palms. “Who? Who the hell wants to harm

gaze instinctively fell on Arielle as a glint

our manor is

those words from Arielle cleared whatever suspicion Henrick had

that a girl who had only just arrived in Jadeborough couldn’t have carried out such a plan. Besides, if Arielle had

 

investigate this properly and

you tomorrow?

 Once I find out who brought the snake in, I’m not going to

of housekeepers to stay and look after Shandie, Henrick and Arielle left the hospital for the manor, ready to get to the

to her room. As soon as she got the message that Shandie was safe and sound, she heaved

of the snake had been an

one of the housekeepers whispered outside the room, “Mrs. Southall, Mr.

had enough of being confined to her room. She desperately wanted to get out, but Henrick had locked the door and kept

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