The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Imperial West Hospital.

Ashlyn was lying in bed, eyes shut.

Yvonne came rushing in, bawling her eyes out, and collapsed onto Ashlyn’s bed in a flood of tears!

“Granny, you’ve gotta save me! Grandpa says he’s gonna hand me over!”

“What’s the scoop? Your grandpa’s not lost his marbles; where’s he handing you off to?”

Yvonne pulled out the sob story she had prepped, crying her heart out.

“Granny, I’ve been pinching pennies to buy Nourishment Pills for Grandpa and Grandpa Sexton, but they say it’s no good. You’re taking Nourishment Pills yourself, Granny, you know best how awesome they are! I blew half a year’s pocket money on Nourishment Pills for Grandpa, and now he’s talking about handing me over to the Pollack family’s legal team, saying I’ve gotta do time… Granny, if I’m gone, who’s gonna look after you?”

Hearing this, Ashlyn started to panic. “Yvonne, you still got enough Nourishment Pills for me. right?”

If Yvonne got snatched by the Pollack folks, at least she wouldn’t be left high and dry without her meds!

“Yeah, you haven’t taken today’s yet, Granny. Have it now!”

With Yvonne’s help, Ashlyn took her Nourishment Pill, visibly relaxing, and with the scripture reading in the background, she began to drift off, losing focus on what was in front of her.

“Granny, you’ve gotta help me out. I’m your one and only granddaughter.”

Ashlyn, groggy, nodded along, echoing her words.

Yvonne tucked Ashlyn in with a smirk, pride written all over her face.

If Sexton got dosed with Nourishment Pills, maybe he’d start dancing to her tune just like Ashlyn!

In Marcel’s room, Calvin was holding two test papers.

“Mr. Schnabel, does your family have two Yvonnes or something? I mean, any relatives with that name?”

Marcel was stumped, putting down his chess piece.

“I got two identical test papers here, both with Yvonne’s name on them, check this out.”

“Let me see.”

On both papers, Yvonne’s name was written clear as day!

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was a fail, the

the failing one’s gotta be hers, and the other must be a

teachers have been saying

his phone.

“Right away. Grandpa.”

saw Calvin, smug as

about her being a whiz kid in medicine, about time he started giving her some

“Yvonne, explain this.”

and was utterly flummoxed! She hadn’t paid up, so how come the hired gun

from attending classes, I had to

were threatened? Then why not tell

bully, using my family’s name. Some kids used to pick on me for being a Schnabel girl, and with my folks and bro so busy,

phone, a barrage

scared, Grandpa! But please,

the deal with

mine, even though I never set foot in school, I’ve been secretly studying outside the classroom. I’d never

“Off you go, I’ll handle it.”

left relieved, tears

Calvin was gobsmacked!

chops are wasted on

buying her story?”

second, full of

plan for this mess?”

then dialed Beckett’s number, giving him the lowdown.

12:43

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go easy on the hired

“Will do, Grandpa.”

Lambert Mansion In

study to find it looked like a burglar had been through it, a

savvy enough to install cameras in the study after a bid document went missing last

more than once, filching a bunch

Lambert family had been taking hits. The Rosenbergs

family had been thriving under his watch, never faced

dialed up the Rosenberg family.

stuff. If you don’t make up for our company’s losses, consider yourselves sued!”

seems like everything they touch turned to dust, and they were all a bunch of jinxed hot–heads.

some kind of business whiz? How do you have the nerve to come begging us, the Rosenberg family, for

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