The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

In the ICU ward of Tranquility City First Hospital, Milford lay amid a sea of tubes and wires, appearing as a human pincushion, barely hanging on by a thread. Any slight movement and he was in a world of hurt!

Once handsome, his face now grotesquely swollen, bearing no resemblance to its former self, almost resembling a pig’s head.

The three from the Lambert family stood before him, all gobsmacked!

Briony, seeing her beau looking like something out of a horror show, wanted to grab Milford’s hand but couldn’t find a gap amidst the jungle of tubes!

It was a face not even a mother could love!

Briony let out a blood–curdling scream!

“Milford, how on earth… what happened to you?”

Belinda was shell–shocked too.

Milford had been a looker since he was a tot, which was why she and his mother Linsey had secured this marriage arrangement when he was still in diapers. They were worried that a guy with such good looks and from an affluent family would be snatched up by someone else if they didn’t act quickly.

Now, looking at Milford’s face, Belinda could hardly believe her eyes!

“Oh Milford, what’s become of you?”

Linsey was on the sidelines, bawling her eyes out. “Who would have guessed? Milford was just heading to a business meeting and some thugs jumped him halfway there! It’s like there’s no law and order anymore!”

Briony’s heart was in her throat. “Did you guys call the cops? This is outrageous; we,

get justice for Milford!”

Linsey hemmed and hawed.

need to

If they went to the cops, wouldn’t the whole saga of Milford living it up in the bar, ringing up a storm on the tab with a bevy of bar girls, become the talk of the town?

Linsey was too chicken to call the cops, partly because she feared Milford might have ticked off some lady who decided to get even.

If the Lambert family got wind of this, their precious marriage deal would be toast!

Milford, his voice hoarse and broken, managed to gasp out, “Noella… Noella!”

Lambert family was speechless.

that his

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But hadn’t Noella…”

been kidnapped?

not knowing if their plan had. succeeded probably just a lousy signal

have been sold off by now.

clenched his teeth, “Noella!

how much effort he was putting into speaking, felt her heart break. “Milford, you mean

Milford painfully nodded.

to the countryside to live with her family. Could it be she didn’t want to

her younger days, glared daggers at them. “So, you’re saying my son ends up like this all because of your family? You owe me an explanation. Milford’s my only son, and he’s already had three near–death experiences according to the doctors!”

Briony is our daughter. I’ll issue a public

on earth had that pesky girl escaped from the kidnappers?

got to do with that brat? You owe

be heard all over the ICU. The Lamberts couldn’t afford to suffer humiliation and reluctantly

stood outside the door, at a loss for

at Rising Glory Mall helped her escape?” “It must

she be so wicked! She’s

worked so hard to secure this engagement! There was no way she’d let Noella get her claws into Milford, such a

We just need to find Noella and give her a piece of our mind. This time we’ll

having to look for Noella gave Belinda a headache. What if that girl was

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washing dishes to make ends

possibly stoop to looking for her in such places, could

thugs to sniff around. Noella hasn’t made any influential connections who’d stick their neck out for her. Maybe Mr. Rosenberg got roughed up by

are you saying you are going to find me a new flancé? I don’t want that!

had been. different towards her since they were kids. She believed that she and Milford were

business, always

Rosenberg family can’t pull through this time, we can’t

in agreement.

as they reached the hospital entrance, the family nearly bumped into a

we’re arresting you by the

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