"I raised little Nina myself-I know her health better than anyone. I understand you don't want to trouble me, but when a child is sick, nothing else matters. You can't let your worries get in the way."

Briony fell silent at those words.

James walked over to the window and gently touched Nina's forehead. "Feels like her fever's gone down a little."

"Yeah. Dr. Jarvis just stopped by again-he said her condition is stable for now."

James nodded. "That's good."

Ferdinand asked, "Is it pneumonia?"

"Bronchial pneumonia," James replied.

Ferdinand said, "Let me check her pulse. I'll prepare some medicine and apply it

to the right pressure points-it should help her recover faster."

"You're always so busy. Really, you don't have to go out of your way."

not that busy." Ferdinand looked at Briony. "Bryn, do you really think I'd ever harm little

lips together, staring at him for a long moment. At last, she said quietly, "I've always believed that you

still poisoned

thought, Briony kept

Ferdinand, feeling an odd

other end made his expression turn grave. "I'll

couldn't hold back any longer. He turned to Briony. "What's going on with

she

about

"But—that's Ferdinand! How could he

it either," Briony said softly, "but the test results

he want to hurt little

a tie to my past, something that keeps me

James couldn't believe what he was hearing. "So just because you rejected him, he went after your child? How did he

exhausted. "I was kidnapped while I was in Havenport. When I woke up, I was in Ferdinand's hotel suite. He said he rescued me, but I

in life

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