It was still raining outside, so Kendrick walked to the French window to close it, but he saw Shirley still standing at the gate.
Her body was curled up, and she looked like she was in a great deal of discomfort.
After pondering for a while, he took out his phone to call Adam. However, there was still no one picking up the phone.
He called Cathy again, but he got a voice recording saying that her phone was turned off.
Kendrick faintly felt that something was amiss; an uneasy feeling surged in his heart.
He remembered what Shirley had said when he tried to call Adam at the gates earlier.
“Your calls won’t get through to his phone.”
Kendrick frowned and quickly turned to run downstairs.
He held an umbrella and quickly went back to the gates. He spotted Shirley sitting in the wheelchair under the rain. Her face was as white as a sheet, and she looked like she was in excruciating pain.
Kendrick might not feel any pity for this woman, but he cared about Adam and Cathy.
“Shirley, why can’t I call Adam and Cathy? Did something happen to them?”
Kendrick questioned her immediately, but then he saw Shirley’s pale face and arched body, which seemed as if she was about to curl her body up.
Everything Shirley had done back then made it difficult for Kendrick to empathize with her or pity her, but the thought of Shirley knowing what had happened to Adam and Cathy, Kendrick went up to her and asked.
“Shirley, do you feel unwell?” Kendrick asked coldly.
Shirley lifted her drenched face against the falling rainwater and shook her head weakly. “I’m not unwell.”
“What about Adam and Cathy? Where are they? ” Kendrick asked again.
Shirley grabbed her hands hidden in her sleeves; her eyes were blurred by both tears and rainwater.
“Addy, Cathy…”
Addy?
Kendrick was astonished to hear Shirley addressing Adam as Addy.
From what he could remember, there were profound grievances between Shirley and Adam, and Shirley had been brimming with hatred for Adam.
Now that she was addressing Adam this way, their relationship seemed to have taken a turn for the better.
When Kendrick spotted the tears welling up in Shirley’s eyes, he felt that something was not right.
“Did something happen to Adam and Cathy? Shirley, tell me.”
Kendrick was starting to feel annoyed as well. Deep down, he was very concerned about Adam and Cathy too.
They were not only his friends; they were close friends, and they had saved his family before.
In the face of Kendrick’s questioning, Shirley’s vision was getting blurrier and blurrier; she started to fall in and out of consciousness.
She wanted to answer Kendrick. She wanted to speak. However, she felt as if something was stuck in her throat.
Kendrick, noticing that something was off with Shirley, lifted his hand to grab Shirley’s shoulders when suddenly, a glaring high beam shone brightly from a side, and the light was accompanied by honking.
Kendrick intuitively turned his face away to avoid the lights.
Barely a moment later, he heard the car stop, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps gradually approaching him.
“Kendrick? When did you come back? What are you trying to do? ” Carter started pelting Kendrick with questions.
Kendrick turned his face calmly and looked at the solemn-looking Carter who also looked worried.
“You’re really well-informed about my whereabouts. You even knew that I haven’t been in Glendale all this while.”
Carter momentarily paused when he heard that. He met Kendrick’s eyes, then strode up to Shirley and opened an umbrella to shield Shirley from the rain and wind.
Carter’s face fell immediately when he saw Shirley’s off-colored face.
He immediately stood up to face Kendrick and angrily questioned, “What did you do to her?”
Kendrick was amused when he heard that. “You’re asking the wrong person. You should ask yourselves what they did to me and my wife?”
“You…”
“Why, Carter, are you also capable of caring for others? Would you also feel heartbroken when someone you care about is in pain?”
When Shirley heard Kendrick’s words, tears welled up in her eyes once again.
‘Care?
‘Did he care?’
Shirley’s eyes reddened, yet she could not help but burst out laughing.
Carter was still lost in thought after he heard what Kendrick said, but now, he suddenly heard Shirley laughing for no apparent reason.
Shocked, Carter looked at Shirley, who seemed to be laughing and crying simultaneously, and his entire heart inexplicably turned abnormally frigid.
Kendrick also felt that Shirley was behaving oddly, but he did not care.
However, Carter was worried.
“Shirley, what’s wrong? Do you feel unwell?”
“Heh, hehe…” Shirley chuckled bitterly. “ Retribution.”
She uttered the word with great effort. Carter frowned.
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
“The fourth stage of the poison is flaring up.” Shirley was breathing heavily; her speech was indistinct.
Carter froze instantly. He took this moment to look closely at Shirley’s face, and he began to panic.
“Where’s the anti-toxoid test reagent? I went to your lab and saw that you’ve finished it. Didn’t you inject yourself with it?”
Carter asked incoherently.
Shirley lifted her tired eyes and, through her blurred vision, saw Carter’s anxious face.
“Yes, it’s finished. And yes, I’ve injected it, but it’s not inside me.”
Shirley displayed a relieved smile as she spoke.
“I’ve done so much harm to others without benefiting myself. This is the first time I’ve experienced being a good person, and it turns out that it feels pretty nice. No, this doesn’t really count. I’m just making up as best as I can for the wrongdoings that I’ve done in the past.”
When Shirley was done speaking, she laughed at herself, then effortfully moved her finger to operate the wheelchair.
Kendrick, who was next to Shirley, immediately realized something after listening to what Shirley had said.
It seemed that the anti-toxoid test reagent Shirley had given him was the only one.
The reason she had been in such a hurry in asking him to inject Niamh with it was that she was worried that Carter would show up and prevent it—it was not because of any other reason.
Carter seemed to understand as well. “Shirley, what did you say? Are you saying that you’ve handed the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP6g to Kendrick?”
“Was I wrong for giving it to him?” Shirley asked with a cold smile. “Eveline shouldn’t suffer this pain. I’ve already woken up, so Carter, it’s time for you to wake up too.”
“What did you say?” Carter’s gaze gradually darkened.
Shirley’s attitude, however, was unchanged. “ Carter, if you want to obtain something or someone, you have to go through the proper means in obtaining them, and this applies to everyone. I finally understand this principle, and you should understand it too.”
After Shirley’s voice had fallen away, Carter immediately let out a scornful laugh.
“Heh.”
He laughed mockingly, then his gaze darkened suddenly as he grabbed Shirley’s shoulders tightly. He gritted his teeth, suppressing the impending outburst of his fury, and asked crossly.
“Shirley, you’ve truly gone either insane or mad! You need the anti- toxoid test reagent for AXP6G more than Eveline now!
“Have you forgotten that you’re pregnant now? If you don’t use it in time, you and your baby will be in danger!
“Do you want our child to be born with disabilities?”
Carter asked forcefully. He seemed furious but in reality, he was concerned.
That was right. He was concerned.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.