The Kiss that Sparked it All

“Who’s the one wasting the doc’s time, huh?” Ellinor quipped, visibly annoyed. She grabbed Patricia by the collar and shoved her toward Xenia, “If Ms. Howard here wasn’t busy running her mouth, I’d be done talking to the doctor by now!

Patricia stumbled and fell onto Xenia, seething with anger

By the time she regained her footing and tried to interrupt Ellinor, it was too late.

Ellinor told the doctor, “Besides his usual diet, the patient also drank a beverage none of us had tasted before”

The doctor took this seriously. “What kind of drink are we talking about?”

“He downed a big glass of pomegranate juice freshly squeezed by his own mother. Doc, there’s some residue of the juice on this napkin, maybe the hospital can run some tests on it to see if there’s anything harmful

With that, Ellinor handed over the stained napkin that she had used at the Howard family’s dinner table, where she tasted and then spat out the juice.

right away. “Alight, we’ll test it right away and see if

nodded back, ‘Great, thanks!”

doctor went back to the ER to arrange the test.

the sample to the doctor, both Xenia and Patricia’s faces

hospital, Xenia had ordered the house staff to clean up all the remaining juice and destroy all evidence

a napkin and bring

do now? Once the hospital got the test results, she couldn’t

duo, recalling how Xenia kept pushing Ellinor to drink the juice at dinner.

Xenia, I hope there’s nothing wrong with your juice! If something happens to Eyran because of this, it won’t just be swept under

unsettled after Balfour’s

Balfour! I can understand if others suspect me,