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 other aced it.

be hers, and the other must be a

a bunch of teachers have been saying they

brow furrowed, reaching for his

“Right away. Grandpa.”

the room and saw Calvin, smug as a bug

Calvin must’ve tipped off Marcel about her being a whiz kid in medicine, about time he started

“Yvonne, explain this.”

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

me from attending classes, I had to prove my chops this way. But I know she didn’t mean any harm, just green–eyed over the Schnabel family

you were threatened?

to pick on me for being a Schnabel girl, and with my folks and bro

barrage of mean

they’ve said. I’m really scared, Grandpa! But please, go easy on

deal

foot in school, I’ve been secretly studying outside the classroom. I’d never let the Schnabel family down!”

you go, I’ll

left relieved, tears still

Calvin was gobsmacked!

chops are wasted on

Schnabel you buying her

for a second, full of baloney like her granny.”

the plan

a moment, then dialed Beckett’s number, giving him

12:43

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out what Yvonne’s been up to at school, and go easy

“Will do, Grandpa.”

In Tranquility City

like a burglar had been through it, a total mess!

savvy enough to install cameras in the study after a bid

footage, he caught Briony sneaking into his study more than once, filching a bunch of the Lambert family documents and passing them to

been taking hits. The Rosenbergs were

thriving under his watch, never faced such a rough

the

Rosenbergs sure got some nerve swiping all my stuff. If you don’t make up

a rough patch lately. It seems like everything they touch turned to dust, and they were all a bunch of jinxed hot–heads. They just lost it when Vincent gave them an earful out of the

want your family’s junk? You really think you’re some kind of business whiz? How do you have the nerve to come begging

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