She had always watched other people suffer in pain after she developed the poison.
She had never been tormented by the poison she developed before, but she knew it must be a horrible experience.
Even though she had not reached the first stage of the poison, the pain when Kendrick injected her with it was enough for her to feel it deeply.
Niamh caught the uneasiness on Shirley’s face and she turned around to look into Kendrick’s eyes.
“Kendrick, you should go out and wait for me. Let me talk to her for a bit.”
“Nia, you have to be careful. She’s not like you. You have a cautious heart but she has a heart that only knows how to hurt people.”
“…” When Shirley heard this, she had nothing to say as well.
“I’ll be careful. Don’t worry.” Niamh gave Kendrick a reassuring answer.
Kendrick did not say anything anymore. He turned around to walk to the door before closing it.
He did not walk away and just stayed at the door.
If Shirley really wanted to do something reckless, he would be able to rush in there and protect Niamh immediately.
Meanwhile, inside the room, after Shirley saw that Kendrick had left, she sat down on the bed while letting out a sigh of relief.
She leaned against the side of the bed, seemingly exhausted. She was looking at Niamh insipidly as she said, “Mrs. Waldburg, what do you want to talk to me about?”
Niamh did not answer Shirley. She walked to the closet and took out a clean set of clothes from inside.
“I think it must be hard for you to stand the state you’re in right now. You can go and take a shower.”
Niamh placed the clothes at the end of the bed gently.
“You have a slight fever. Here’s a first aid kit. I think you should know better than anyone what you should take to make your fever go down.”
Shirley was puzzled after she heard what Niamh said. She looked at Niamh with suspicion.
“Eveline, what are you trying to do? Are you requiting evil with good?”
Niamh smiled indifferently. “I’m not that great nor am I sanctimonious. However, we’re on the same boat now. After all, I still have to depend on you to recover, right?”
After Niamh said that, Shirley looked at the woman who was smiling slightly and fell into silence.
She was locked up here now, so she could not develop the anti-toxoid reagent. Hence, Niamh would never be able to get treated and it would be impossible for her to be completely recovered as well.
“Shirley, I don’t know what you’re thinking about, but don’t worry. My husband is right, we’re not the same. You want to hurt people but I won’t. So you can take a shower with no worries and take a comfortable nap.”
After Shirley heard this, she kept feeling as if something was amiss. She looked at herself from top to bottom and touched her face. Then, she decided to do just as Niamh said.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you, Mrs. Waldburg. I’m going to take a shower and go to sleep after that.” Shirley got up and grabbed the clothes at the end of the bed. Then, she turned around and walked into the bathroom that was attached to the room.
Niamh looked in the direction of the bathroom for a few seconds before opening the door of the room.
When Kendrick saw Niamh walking out, he looked into the room and did not see Shirley. However, he heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.
“Nia, what did you talk about? Is she taking a shower?”
“Yeah, she’s taking a shower now.”
“Nia?”
“Kendrick, I know what I’m doing. Don’t worry.” Niamh looked at Kendrick profoundly and smiled.
Kendrick saw the confidence in her beautiful eyes. He wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly, he felt as if he understood what she meant.
“Kendrick, you should go back and take care of Lily. I’ll stay here for a bit.”
“Alright, I’ll listen to my wife.” Kendrick agreed. At the same time, he exhorted in concern, “You have to be careful.”
“I will.”
Niamh answered seriously, letting Kendrick leave with ease.
Shirley was showering in the bathroom. She was still feeling dizzy, her brain turbid. She felt that there must be something amiss with Niamh’s behavior. However, she could not wrap her head around why Niamh wanted to do this.
Shirley felt weak, and she also knew that she had a fever. It was such a cold winter day and Kendrick had splashed so much cold water on her. Plus, she spent the entire night in that basement so it was impossible for her not to have caught a cold.
She finished showering while enduring her discomfort. After that, she put on the clothes Niamh gave her. The moment she stepped out of the bathroom, she smelled food.
Shirley stopped in her tracks and saw steaming hot food on the table. There was also a cup of hot water on the side and next to it was a white-colored antipyretic.
Shirley was dazed. When she was wondering if she was dreaming, the door opened once again.
Niamh walked in with a set of clean four-piece bedsheets.
“You were starved for one whole day. Eat something first.” Niamh walked to the side of the bed as she said that and started to change the bedsheets.
Since Shirley had been in bed just now, the sheets were now dirty and messy.
While this further increased Shirley’s suspicion, she certainly was hungry.
She did not think that Niamh would do anything to the food, so she started eating without worries.
When she finished, Niamh had already changed the bedsheets.
“You ought to stay here for the time being.” Niamh walked up to Shirley. “I know you like Carter, but that doesn’t mean that you should follow that person blindly.”
“Heh. Eveline, are you teaching me how to conduct myself?” Shirley chuckled and asked. “Don’t you recall that you too had done a lot of stupid things for Kendrick back then?”
Niamh calmly smiled at that. “Back then, I loved him so much that I had lost myself, but I never did anything that goes against my conscience or harms others, not even for him.”
“…”
Shirley, silent upon hearing that, momentarily did not know how to refute Niamh.
Unconvinced, she bit her lip, and her eyes were hostile and doubtful. “Eveline, what on earth do you and your husband intend to do?”
Niamh curled her beautiful lips slowly. “You should be grateful that you have a good brother.”
“…”
“Just think about it.”
After Niamh said that, she turned and walked out the door.
Shirley saw that Niamh was about to leave. Although Shirley had regained a fair bit of her energy after bathing and eating, she thought about being locked up here for who knew how long. Seeing Niamh’s back, she suddenly charged toward Niamh.
‘Eveline, thank you for your hospitality, but at the end of the day, I am not a good person, so I won’t fall for this!’
Shirley silently thought as she suddenly reached out with her hands and tried to pull Niamh back in to borrow her momentum to run out.
However, Niamh quickly turned her head.
Shirley was shocked. Before she could react, Niamh grabbed Shirley’s wrist, restraining her.
“It’s not time for you to leave yet, so be obedient and stay here.”
Niamh released Shirley’s hand as she spoke.
Shirley, still physically weak, stumbled backward and bumped into the bedside.
Niamh glanced at Shirley, then firmly walked out of the door and locked the door from the other side.
As she was about to head downstairs, Niamh’s footsteps gradually came to a halt.
She looked at her previous master bedroom, then suddenly turned and walked toward the room.
The door was ajar. After taking a step inside, Niamh felt an intense discomfort washing over her.
Scenes seemed to play in her eyes. Scenes of the time when she had been wronged and hurt in this very room.
The scenes in which Kendrick had ignored her, neglected her, and treated her brutally played in her mind like a movie, appearing one after another in her eyes.
She had already let go of all these, but these scenes now flooded her mind, bringing her pain.
Niamh quickly turned to leave the bedroom, nearly running down the stairs as she left.
When she was outside the villa, she felt that her heart was beating abnormally fast, and it seemed to have gotten more difficult to breathe. Those fragments of memories also persisted in her mind.
Niamh staggered, suddenly recalling Shirley’s words from before…
Shirley had said, “Eveline, let me ask you a question. What’s the most terrifying and mortifying experience that you’re most reluctant to relive in your life?”
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