“…”
“It’s the exact thing which you added in your cigarettes, as well as the stuff that I ate. The only difference is that I’ve added a larger portion.”
“What?!” Lana opened her eyes wide. “You… How did you get your hands on that?”
Kendrick’s gaze became sharp. “Have you forgotten what you asked Adam to prescribe to Eveline?”
“…” Lana started getting anxious after she heard that statement. “No, it’s impossible! If I had really consumed it, why am I not experiencing any side effects?!”
“Of course you won’t because I’ve changed your cigarettes as well.”
“…” Kendrick’s answer left Lana dumbfounded.
“From now onward, if you don’t smoke those cigarettes, you’ll then slowly start to experience the same thing I went through previously till the day you meet your death.
“Lana, Fabian was right about you. You’re a woman who thinks so highly of herself. Because of you, you’ve destroyed the entire Stygian Johnson Gang.”
Lana’s expression went pale as a sheet, and she suddenly lost all her strength and became helpless.
She had been too careless.
She overestimated her abilities and even underestimated Kendrick’s abilities.
She dug her own grave, as well as paid the price with the entire Stygian Johnson Gang.
Lana was anxious. She stared at Kendrick’s silhouette spinning around elegantly. She dragged along the handcuffs that were connected to the bed, yelling, “Don’t leave, Kendrick! If I’m dead, you’ll never know the truth behind your parents-in-law’s deaths!”
Kendrick came to a halt and spoke without turning around, “For now, I’m not interested to know the truth. All I want is for you to be dead.”
“…”
…
At Glendale airport.
Niamh got down from her car in the parking lot and bumped into Daniel who was hurriedly getting down from the car.
“There’s still another ten minutes. Ava will be checking-in,” said Niamh while rushing to the departure lounge with Daniel.
Thinking back to what Ava said last night, Niamh was curious and asked, “Hey Dan, the day I married Rye, I asked you to send Ava back home. Did something happen that night?”
Her question made his stunning face turn pink.
Niamh was confident that Daniel was somehow related to what Ava said about having intimacy after she got drunk.
‘But Ava seemed to not take it that way?’
Niamh was deep in her thoughts. Seeing that Daniel was all nervous, she pestered, “Dan, do you wish that Ava will continue staying in Glendale?”
“Of course,” Daniel seemed to answer without thinking twice.
Niamh let out a breath of relief. “I’m glad to hear that. Ava will never leave, then.”
Daniel came to a halt, puzzled. He looked at Niamh who had a faint smile on her face. “Why?”
“I guess I’ll leave it to Ava to answer that,” Niamh replied with a smile. Soon, her phone rang.
Niamh looked at the unfamiliar incoming call. She was astonished but still picked up.
“Miss Montgomery, I’m calling from Glendale Advanced Laboratory.” Niamh slowly stopped her footsteps. She beckoned to Daniel, asking him to go ahead and search for Ava.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Eveline Montgomery. Please continue.” Niamh started feeling nervous suddenly without her realizing it.
“Nice to meet you, Miss Montgomery. So, here’s the deal. We’ve got the results for the unidentified sample on the sample note you brought that day. It’s human blood.”
“It’s blood?” Niamh found herself astonished, not forgetting the note had Kendrick’s scent. “But how can blood be that color?”
After Niamh asked that question, she felt her heart beating at an erratic pace.
‘That’s a human’s blood.’
‘But isn’t human blood supposed to be red? Why is it that color instead?’
While still deep in her thought, the analyst answered over the phone, “The thing is, according to our investigation, this blood sample seems to have undergone some mutation. We’ve also found some unknown samples that require further investigations to know what it is.
“But there’s no doubt it’s human blood,” the forensic physician repeated the last statement in a confident tone.
Niamh’s hand that was holding onto the phone stiffened. She then robotically blurted out two words, “Thank you.”
After hanging up the call, her mind kept rewinding the phrases spoken by the forensic physician.
‘That’s human blood.
‘And it’s mutated human blood.’
Niamh was very confident that the note had been with Kendrick earlier, but she could not be sure whether the blood belonged to Kendrick.
‘If it’s really Kendrick’s blood, then what does this even mean…’
Niamh was confused. She forced herself to stop thinking about it and jogged her way to the departure lounge.
Just when she entered the hall, Niamh saw Daniel’s anxious outline. She ran to him, “Dan, haven’t you found Ava yet?”
Daniel’s eyes were glittering with anxiousness. “Do you think she has already entered the plane after having her tickets checked?”
Niamh scanned through each departing lounge’s entrance and was unable to provide an appropriate answer.
She took out her phone. “I’m going to make a call.”
As soon as she made the call, Niamh heard a very familiar ringtone nearby. She raised her gaze and looked over Daniel’s shoulders. She noticed Ava who was clumsily searching for her phone.
“Ava!” Niamh called out, delighted.
Daniel and Ava both raised their eyes at the same time. Daniel quickly spun around and followed Niamh’s gaze to look behind him.
Ava was walking straight ahead and could not stop in time, so she ended up crashing hard into Daniel’s arms.
Daniel quickly grabbed hold of her. The feel of her physique falling into his arms felt as if something had filled up the emptiness within his heart.
Ava did not expect Daniel to appear at this moment and even hug her so suddenly, which made her heart skip a beat.
She could sniff out the faint scent of wild bluebell in his cologne.
Ava raised her head, revealing a panicked look in her eyes. She suddenly recalled spending the night with a stranger and that made her quickly escape from Daniel’s arms.
Her gesture made Daniel feel slightly heartbroken.
He lowered his gaze. “Do you really have to go?”
Ava pretended to pack her purse and let out a wide smile. “Dan, I didn’t expect you to show up as well.”
She spoke as she strolled to Niamh’s side. “Niamh, it’s enough for you to see me off. Dan is actually pretty busy. Why did you even get him here as well?”
Niamh noticed Ava’s fake smile on her face. Niamh then put on a troubled look while frowning. “Ava, I didn’t know you didn’t want to meet Dan? If that’s the case, I’ll have Dan immediately head home first.”
“…” Ava froze up after hearing her reply.
However, Dan did not catch Niamh’s implicit message. He did not budge an inch but went up to Ava with a serious face.
He stared at Ava, who seemed nervous, with a pair of eyes that were abnormally stern.
Daniel took out a folded hundred-dollar note from his pocket and gave it to Ava.
Ava looked at the folded note and suddenly thought of the day she got drunk.
Nonetheless, she was clueless about Daniel’s action. Why would he give her a hundred-dollar note?
“If you don’t feel like leaving, then keep this hundred-dollar note.” Daniel’s expression was serious.
“Getting to know a person till falling in love with each other takes up a lot of energy and time. There’s another option for you, and that is to be with me. From then on, I’ll heed everything you say.”
“…”
“…”
Daniel’s speech left both Niamh and Ava astonished.
‘Is Daniel confessing his love or proposing a marriage?’
“Ava, I didn’t expect that you and Dan have come to this stage,” Niamh said.
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