Niamh ran out of the bathroom and saw Kendrick lying on the floor next to the bed.
“Kendrick!”
She frantically ran over and knelt by the man. The man’s sharp brows were knitted as if he was enduring severe agony. Niamh’s heart raced in panic.
“What happened, Kendrick? Is the poison acting up again?”
Niamh pulled Kendrick by his shoulders so that he could lean against her chest.
She wanted to carry him to the bed if she could but she was not strong enough.
“What happened? Adam himself said that the lapse between each attack would become longer and longer. Why is this happening now?”
Niamh was anxious as her tears began to fall without restraint, falling onto Kendrick’s face.
“Don’t worry, Nia,” Kendrick spoke through the pain and reached out to caress Niamh’s cheek. “I’m already used to the pain. It won’t be for very long. I’ll be fine soon.”
He comforted her as his seductive lips were pulled into a small smile to placate her worry.
However, the more he was considerate of her emotions, the more Niamh’s heart ached.
“Adam. I’ll call Adam. He’ll know what to do!” Niamh scrambled for her phone and immediately dialed for the man.
However, the phone rang but no one answered the call.
Niamh waited nervously for Adam to pick up the phone and just as it was about to finish ringing, the call was connected.
The person who picked up was a woman.
Niamh could tell that it was the woman who looked just like Cathy.
“Miss Young, I’m looking for Adam. It’s an emergency, so could you pass the phone to him? Please! And quickly too!”
Amy heard the fright in Niamh’s tone and immediately replied, “Take a deep breath. I’ll pass the phone to Adam straight away.”
“Thank you!”
Niamh thanked her. One of her hands was holding onto the phone while the other gripped Kendrick’s shoulder so that the man could lean against her leg.
Seeing the man’s complexion turning pale from the pain, Niamh felt herself about to crack from the anxiousness.
“This is Adam. What happened?”
Adam’s voice sounded from the other end. It had not even been 20 seconds yet Niamh felt like it took forever.
“Kendrick is suddenly in pain, Adam! It’s the same symptoms as when the poison acts up. We’re not in Glendale now and it’ll take at least a few hours on the plane if we even get there. What can I do now? Is there anything I can do to lessen the pain?”
Niamh did her best to suppress her haywire emotions as she relayed the situation, but the tremble in her voice revealed her unease.
“Didn’t he just suffer a bout not too long ago? Why did it relapse again?” Adam was also curious, but now was not the time to investigate its cause. “Calm down for a bit, Eveline. There’s nothing much you can do now but feed him two pills of pain medication. If you can, I’d like you to get some ice. Get as much as you can. The ice will help subdue the pain.”
Adam then ended it with a word of comfort. “This isn’t the first time the poison is acting up and Kendrick should know of his own situation. You don’t need to be too worried. I promise you that he’ll be alright. This won’t put him in life-threatening danger.”
“Thank you!” Niamh thanked the man and looked down at Kendrick who had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. “I’ll go look for ice, Kendrick. Just hold on for a little longer,” she said before getting up and rushing to the door.
She did not have the time to call for room service, so she went directly to the front desk and told them that she needed ice for analgesia.
The hotel staff understood and promised to send ice to their room immediately.
Niamh quickly took the elevator upstairs. Just as she stepped out, she saw a familiar figure in the corridor.
“Shirley?” Niamh called out hesitantly.
The woman walking a small distance away halted her steps and turned around. “It’s me, Mrs. Waldburg,” Shirley smiled and explained, “I left something in the room so I came back to take it.”
Niamh then ran toward Shirley. The woman was no different than a lifesaver to her at that moment.
“The poison in Kendrick’s body has suddenly relapsed, Shirley. You treated him once before, right? So that means you can help him again! Please, he’s in a lot of pain!”
At that, Shirley’s expression morphed into one of worry. “Where’s Kendrick now?”
“In the room!”
“Bring me there now!” Shirley quickly followed after Niamh.
Entering the room, Niamh saw that Kendrick had already managed to sit up and was leaning against the bed. She immediately ran toward him. “You’ll be alright, Kendrick. Shirley coincidentally came back to the hotel to get something. She’ll definitely be able to help you!”
Hearing that, Kendrick’s peach blossom eyes half-squinted as he saw Shirley walking toward him. He twisted his body away in disdain.
Shirley saw Kendrick’s distaste but pretended not to. With an expression of concern, she squatted by Kendrick’s side and took the opportunity to put an arm on his shoulder. “Don’t worry, Kendrick. I’ll stop the suffering.”
“No thanks, I’ll be fine soon. I wouldn’t want to trouble you.” Kendrick declined politely. He would rather suffer than come in contact with this woman with ulterior motives.
He wanted to make Niamh understand, but he knew it was difficult to explain it to her now.
“My luggage is still downstairs in the lobby, Mrs. Waldburg. The medication and the reagents that I need should be in my luggage. Could I bother you to help me bring them up?” Shirley requested.
Niamh immediately agreed. “I’ll go get them right now!”
She glanced at Kendrick again and immediately ran out without wasting another second.
“Nia…” Kendrick wanted to call Niamh back but he did not have the strength.
Shirley curled her lips into a smile as she watched Kendrick suffer while enduring the pain. “With your intellect, you should already have guessed it, Kendrick. The perfume I got for your wife isn’t just any normal perfume.”
Kendrick raised his charming eyes that were still filled with killing intent. “What do you want, Shirley?”
“You should know what I want.” Shirley smiled intriguingly before she bent over to lean in front of him. “Relax, how could I possibly let anything happen to you?”
Shirley smiled as she touched Kendrick’s face amorously.
Kendrick avoided her hands in infuriation. “What’s your goal, Shirley?”
Shirley took her hand back and smiled. “Stop guessing what my goal is. Shouldn’t you worry more about your wife instead? She’s really worried about you. I’m sure you wouldn’t want her to worry so much, right?”
Kendrick’s brows knitted even tighter at the words.
He could not bear to see Niamh frantic and terrified.
“You have no choice, Kendrick. You can only listen to me.” Shirley quirked her lips proudly as she took out a syringe from her purse that she had prepared earlier. Then, she looked up and glanced at the bathroom…
Niamh went to the lobby and brought Shirley’s luggage up.
However, when she returned to the room, neither Shirley nor Kendrick were where she left them.
She was confused when she suddenly saw a hotel staff walking over from the bathroom. Niamh was about to ask him when she heard strange sounds coming from the bathroom…
Niamh was stunned for a moment as she glanced at the bathroom where the glass door was tightly shut.
“It’ll be over soon, Kendrick. Just hold on a little longer.
“You can unleash the pain just like you used to before.
“I’m your doctor but I’m also your friend. I can help you, ah…”
Niamh heard Shirley’s voice sound non-stop from the bathroom until her last amorous whisper. Then, the bathroom turned silent.
The staff glanced at the bathroom weirdly before turning to Niamh to speak.
“I’ve already brought all the ice to the bathroom, Mrs. Waldburg. I’ll be leaving then if there isn’t anything else you need.”
Niamh snapped back to reality. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” The staff gave a small smile and left.
Niamh dragged Shirley’s luggage over to the bathroom and reached out to open the door only to realize that the glass door was locked from the inside.
“I brought your luggage over, Shirley. How’s Kendrick doing?” Niamh asked while facing the bathroom door but received no reply.
“Shirley? Shirley? Kendrick! Kendrick!” Niamh was growing frantic. She could not bear radio silence at such a time.
Knock, knock, knock. Niamh raised her hand to knock on the glass door repetitively, her knuckles starting to grow red before she knew it.
“Kendrick!” Niamh was getting distraught and could no longer keep calm.
She was about to knock down the bathroom door when it finally opened.
Shirley was drenched and her clothes looked disheveled when she appeared in Niamh’s line of sight.
Niamh was taken aback, but her heart was more interested in how Kendrick was doing. “Where’s Kendrick, Shirley? How is he?”
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.