The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 93

These comics were Marcel’s pride and joy! He had to twist Major Garnett’s arm to finally snag them, and now he was hooked right in the thick of the juicy bits!

Marcel had spent a lifetime in uniform, always the picture of stone–faced seriousness, but for these comics, he was practically on his knees, clinging to his granddaughter’s arm, begging.

The moment Calvin heard that Noella was the one dishing out the prescriptions, he zipped his lip, grabbed the meds his granddaughter handed him, and was out like a light all afternoon.

Now, he just swung by to scribble a signature on the prescriptions that Noella whipped up, just going through the motions.

Officially, Calvin was still the head honcho doc, but let’s be real, the power to spring Marcel from the hospital lay in the hands of his darling granddaughter!

“Noella, can’t you leave just one for Grandpa? I’m at the good part, about to hit the motherlode of the plot!”

Seeing Marcel get the same treatment, Sexton was having a field day, grinning from ear to ear. “What’s so great about those ratty comics anyway? You’ve been through a stack of them and still no clue who’s kiddo that is.”

Sexton had flipped through some of Marcel’s comics himself.

“But the next issue is gonna spill the beans, right? Just leave me one!”

Noella picked up a comic, thumbing through it nonchalantly.

“Why’s it in Gerastor?”

Marcel chuckled. “The comic’s called Tandy, a Gerastor artist. I learned Gerastor just for this! Memorizing words at my age, talk about a slog!”

His nightstand was still piled high with dictionaries!

Tandy?

Never heard of this comic artist.

It was a stunner, bold colors, a style one wouldn’t see much from local

Noella studied the last panel. It showed a heart–shaped orphanage next to a hospital with four

Tandy Hospital!

comic tied up with

puppy–dog eyes. “Grandpa, I’ll hold onto these

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onto the bed, hamming up every

I feel awful… is this the end for me? Noella, if I kick the bucket, promise you’ll spill the beans on the rest of the comic.”

words. Where was that dignified, commanding Grandpa? Turned hustler over a

out, jaws would hit

“If I find out you’ve

from Noella’s hand, darting back to his room. fearing the last issue

the door, he remembered something else, rushed back, and

let’s see that old coot Merrick show off now.

lap on his socials, Marcel

Guess the old man still had some pep in

you tie the knot with Palmer, you’ll bunk with me, got it? In case his bad habits spoil

Great–grandkid…

deal, and Sexton was already counting chickens. Seeing the old man’s bubble of bliss,

I’ll drop by

out, kiddo.” Sexton clasped Noella’s hand, snuck a small box from under

looked over, Sexton was back to

meds, and I’ve lived a good long life. A pill more or less won’t kill

hand, nudged the little box into her sleeve, and