Silly Bride

Chapter 351

not alone. Oh, crap! I slipped up again. I really can’t chat with you any longer. In a short while, I’ll be going to the Director’s office.”“All right then. I won’t take up your time. Please remember what I told you.”“Got it.” After a while, Lisanne said, “After this, you may not be able to get in touch with me for some time. But there’s no need to worry. It’s normal.”“I understand. Bye.”After ending the call, Winnie asked the driver to send her to Josiah’s hospital.On the way there, she had already phoned Josiah and informed him.Therefore, once Winnie arrived at the hospital, he took her straight to the laboratory.Josiah handed her a set of protective gear according to her request. “What do you intend to do?”“To prepare myself,” replied Winnie as she put on the protective gear. “Harold is very well prepared, and we should do that as well. Avenport isn’t Manchernius. Therefore, Harold can bring with him any weapons he wants to, but not us. Hence, we have to take things that have instant effects but don’t cause major harm so that we will be able to restrain him at the crucial juncture.”“I understand” Josiah nodded. “That’s easy. I can supply you with an endless number of scalpels. Rumor has it I own a limited-edition scalpel studded with diamonds. Do you want it?”“A diamond-studded scalpel?” Winnie rolled her eyes at him. “Such an expensive thing. Save it for yourself.”Josiah burst out laughing. “I was just joking with you. You actually believed me. Since when you have seen such a scalpel?”Winnie glared at him again. “How should I know? Perhaps, that’s a hobby of yours?”The two of them helped one another zip up before entering the laboratory.Halfway through, Winnie’s phone rang out loudly. It was a troublesome thing to remove and put back on a protective suit. However, Winnie thought it might be something urgent, so she left the laboratory immediately.It was Jasmine from Garland Group.After Winnie answered the call, her expression changed dramatically.Josiah, who had been in the laboratory and keeping an eye on Winnie all the while, walked toward the glass window when he saw the change in her face.He knocked on the glass and gestured to her to answer her phone.The laboratory was soundproof, so they had to communicate via their phones.Winnie answered his call promptly and told Josiah, “Something’s happened. The company received a threatening parcel. I have to go there right now.”Josiah frowned. “Is it addressed to you?”“Yes. I’m seldom at Garland Group, so there aren’t many people who will send me things there. My assistant will open up all of my parcels and look through them before passing the valuable items to me. This time around, there may be human blood inside this particular parcel.”“Should I go with you?”“No need for that. You continue with whatever you are doing. Other than Harold, I can’t think of anyone else who will do such a thing. I will contact Captain Gibson at once.”“All right.” Whatever Josiah was doing at the present moment was equally important, so he did not insist on following Winnie to Garland Group. “Go on then. Be careful. Once I’m done, I’ll send it over to you.”Winnie nodded and left in a hurry.On the way to the company, she made a phone call to the police. In the end, David arrived at Garland Group before her because of their respective locations.By the time she arrived, David and the others were already waiting in the conference room. The bloodied parcel was also on the table.She strode up to the parcel. One look, and she confirmed that it was sent by Harold!That was because there was a puppet the length of a forearm. The word “Mason” was written on the puppet’s face in blood. As for the midsection of the puppet, it had been slashed open and filled with bloodied cotton wool.The blood stained the box and emitted a metallic stench.That