"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."

looked at Briony. "Bryn, do you

pressed her lips together, staring at him for a long moment. At last, she said quietly, "I've

you still poisoned

thought, Briony kept

watched the exchange between Briony and Ferdinand, feeling an odd

rang. Whatever was said on the other end made his expression turn grave.

hold back any longer. He turned to

her temples, realizing she

told him about the hawthorn

Ferdinand! How could he do something

to believe it either," Briony said softly, "but the test results proved it.

why would he want to hurt little

hand to her forehead. "I think... he sees the kids as a tie to my past, something that keeps me from moving on. He's made it clear how he feels about me, and

believe what he was hearing. "So just because you rejected him, he went after your child? How did he become like this? I actually thought he was a

was kidnapped while I was in Havenport. When I woke up, I was in Ferdinand's hotel suite. He said

Nothing in life ever lines up that

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