The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 1047

Evening.

Yorick had heard about the Perez family's ordeal and, over dinner, he tasked Arthur with a heavy tone, "Since this case falls under your watch, you need to catch the criminal at all costs. We can't let such people off easily!" Arthur nodded, "Don't worry, dad. They won't get far!"

Yorick then turned to Sasha, his tone softening, "Sasha, don't stress too much. Whatever concerns the Perez family concerns us, the Linklaters. If you need any help, just say the word."

Sasha felt a warmth in her heart, "Thanks, dad."

She then served Yorick a bowl of soup.

Yorick took a sip.

Arthur and Sasha had just started to eat when suddenly,

"Crack!"

Yorick's face tightened suddenly, clutching his chest, and collapsing onto the table.

Arthur jumped up, rushing over, "Dad, what's wrong?"

The butler was equally startled, rushing to call for help, "Quick, get the doctor!"

Sasha came over, checking Yorick's pulse, her brows furrowing, "It's too late, dad's been poisoned. Lay him flat on his side, quick!" Arthur did as told.

Sasha swiftly used a needle to induce vomiting, and shortly after, Yorick spat out a mouthful of the clear soup he had just ingested. Sasha's eyes turned icy, "The soup was poisoned!"

Arthur's face turned grim, "Find out who entered the kitchen today. No one gets off the hook."

If it weren't for Yorick drinking that soup earlier,

likely, everyone at the table would have been poisoned by now.

Someone was clearly after the Linklater family's lives!

Daring to poison the Linklaters, he was eager to see who had such audacity.

In the hall,

staff brought by the butler, questioned each

or so people, who had been with the Linklater family for years, were shocked to hear about the patriarch's

Silence fell.

to take the

for one person, trembling uncontrollably, his feet

the odd behavior and grabbed the man,

suddenly looked up with a blank stare and

could react, the man flashed a sinister smile

flying and dodged

ground, writhing in agony before dying. Arthur's eyes darkened, stepping over to the man on

could examine

"Wait!"

covered in a deadly poison.

something's off about this guy. He

the man's twisted

making him act according to someone else's

Perez and Martinez families, and

eager to stir

But who?

asked, "Has anything unusual happened at

have been around, and the servants in the back have been with us for over a decade. They wouldn't..." Mid-sentence, the butler collapsed to

my duties, leading to the master's poisoning and these senseless deaths. It's my

irrelevant now. Notify the others to come in. Apart from that man, make sure the others are taken care

butler bowed deeply, "Yes,

won't dissipate quickly. Handle their remains carefully. Meet any of their families' requests to avoid

own security force; it didn't take

given, the staff dispersed in two

then approached Sasha, "How's dad? Will he be

her lips together, "I've neutralized the poison. It won't harm him further, but the

front of him,

for his wife's vigilance, the entire

after our entire

held

undetectable, flavorless, and odorless;

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