The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 38

Ashlyn squinted her eyes. lying on the bed and looking all high and mighty at Noella, who had Rust walked in through the door. She snorted coldly. “Do you even know what time it is? Do I even exist to you anymore?”

Noella replied with indifference. “It’s seven in the morning. Can’t you tell the time? I thought second graders learned that. Maybe I should get you one of those talking digital clocks tomorrow.”

The wall clock was right there beside Ashlyn’s bed, impossible to miss. So, she must’ve forgotten how to tell time.

Ashlyn was so angry her chest heaved, and she was about to lose grip on her prayer beads!

“Great, just great, you little brat, trying to send me to an early grave, huh? I asked you here to take care of me, not to act like some spoiled princess.”

Noella was baffled. “Grandma, your mood swings are kind of intense. Should I get a neurologist. to check on you?”

Ashlyn was speechless.

Looking at Noella’s face, which bore a 60-70% resemblance to Sienna, Ashlyn’s mouth and nose almost twisted together in anger!

“Don’t you think you’ll have an easy time under my roof! Come here, I want an apple. Peel one for me.”

Noella sat down, picked up an apple from the fruit basket, and peeled it for Ashlyn.

No sooner had she finished peeling than Ashlyn’s eyebrows shot up. “What kind of peeling is this? You’ve taken half the flesh off! What am I supposed to eat?”

In Noella’s other hand was the apple skin, thin as a cicada’s wing. “If you don’t fancy the flesh, you can nibble on the skin, though I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Ashlyn was speechless again.

Country bumpkins like her surely had done plenty of rough and unsophisticated farm work. Peeling apples was something ladies and misses of high society would never dream of doing themselves.

Ashlyn glared at Noella with contempt in her eyes.

“I’ve lost my appetite. Get me a glass of water. I want it hot.”

“Sure thing.”

Noella stood up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Ashlyn.

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“You damned girl, are you trying to scald me to death?”

Noella took out a thermometer. “The water’s 104 degrees Fahrenheit. If that’s too hot for you, maybe it’s time to consult a psychiatrist.”

Ashlyn was speechless.

Who the heck would carry around a thermometer for food?

me nuts! Is this how your parents raised

compliment, Grandma. I

was speechless again.

child was immune to

to the nurse’s station and fetch my meds for today. Just seeing

“Alright.”

station and picked up Ashlyn’s medication for the day.

furrowed slightly. “Is this all Ashlyn’s

of them are additions she insisted on. We just prepare them daily as she requests; the rest is out of our hands!”

Noella was confused.

Self–prescribed?

just add their

tell Dr. Calvin, threatening to complain about us if we did. We can’t afford to cross

character was something Noella was beginning to understand.

was within her wheelhouse, and these

go on with

was clearly something fishy about these meds! But it was evident that the medical staff didn’t arrange them; it

Noella pulled out her phone and dialed

Can you swing by Imperial West

call me! I’m on my way! Wait for

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want to say more, but Noella hung up and promptly

man was simply too chatty for her liking,

got your meds.”

sat up, took the medicine from

different from what Yvonne

a loss for words. Now, she suspected that Ashlyn had a severe

can check the security footage: I brought them straight from the

the guts for that. Just so you know, as long as I’m

calmly. “But I go there every day.”

she

nearly choked with

unlikeable in her speech as her mother! Just looking at

Ashlyn started bossing Noella around

me to the bathroom; I

did you become

implying? Are you cursing me?!”

able to manage on their own. If you can’t, I’ll call a doctor to fit you with a catheter

had no choice but

the sweet and

Ashlyn started clutching her heart and sighing dramatically.

is so hard, even the gods can’t bear to watch…

are you planning on divorcing Grandpa?”

as she sat