Kendrick glanced over at Niamh, who was leaning against him, still unconscious all this time, and his heart clenched tightly.
He did not know how to explain Niamh’s situation to his family, so they could only go back to their new house for the time being.
He did not want the family’s elderly to see Niamh in her current state since it would only worry them further.
As he considered this, he received a photo from Karen, who then explained, “Kendrick, this woman— she claims to be Shirley—has been at our door for over an hour. Take a look at the photo. Is she really that nasty woman Shirley?”
Kendrick enlarged the photo for a closer look. It was a rainy night, but there were street lights by the gate.
Although Shirley was soaking wet under the rain, looking extremely flustered, her facial features were clearly distinct.
Furthermore, the scar on her face, as well as the fact that she was in a wheelchair, proved that it was indeed Shirley.
Kendrick was guessing the reason for Shirley’s appearance at the gate of Waldburg Manor when he heard Karen providing more information.
“I don’t know if this woman is telling the truth, but she said she wants to give you a vial of anti-toxoid test reagent.”
“Anti-toxoid test reagent?”
“Yes, that’s what she said. An anti-toxoid test reagent for something about AXP6g.”
“AXP6g?”
“Yes, it’s AXP6g. That’s what she said,” Karen confirmed.
“I understand. I’ll be there right away.”
Kendrick disconnected the call as soon as he had finished speaking. At the same time, he ordered his chauffeur to turn around and head toward the Waldburg Manor.
The rain was still pouring when his car arrived at the manor. Kendrick glanced through his car window and spotted Shirley, who was waiting at the gate.
He told his chauffeur to drive the car into the garage while he made his way to Shirley with an umbrella.
Shirley saw a car drive through the entrance. She was about to speak when she heard footsteps approaching from behind her.
Looking sideways, Kendrick’s tall and slender silhouette came into sight.
Shirley’s despairing eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope.
She adjusted the angle of her wheelchair and slowly turned to face Kendrick.
With an umbrella in hand, Kendrick’s handsome appearance was accompanied by a sense of coldness as he walked directly up to Shirley.
Without beating around the bush, he asked, “Are you really here to deliver the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP6g?”
Shirley looked at Kendrick and nodded. However, she was uncertain if she had spent too much time in the rain. Coupled with Adam and Cathy’s deaths, her whole body was feeling unwell.
Despite that, she lifted her arm with all her effort and held out the anti-toxoid test reagent to Kendrick.
“A complete anti-toxoid test reagent wasn’t available previously because Carter was the only one who had access to one of the ingredients.”
As Shirley explained, her hand that held the anti- toxoid test reagent began to tremble involuntarily.
Gradually, she began to recognize the cause of her problem.
Her body had also been injected with the AXP6g poison, and these feelings she was experiencing were evidently the symptoms of the fourth stage flaring up.
Kendrick peered at the anti-toxoid test reagent in Shirley’s trembling hand. There were still traces of doubt in his heart.
“Why should I believe you?” He coldly stared at Shirley, who was becoming paler with each passing moment.
Shirley did not mind Kendrick’s suspicion. She understood. She knew that this was the consequence of all her wicked deeds.
She clenched her fists and took a deep breath of cold air, forcing herself to endure the increasing intensity of pain.
“You certainly don’t have to trust me. You just have to trust Adam.”
Shirley began panting heavily.
“Eveline is still unconscious now, right? Take this and inject her with it quickly. At most, she’ll need eight hours, then she’ll wake. Take it, quickly.”
Shirley tried her best to hand the anti-toxoid test reagent over to Kendrick, but he still seemed skeptical.
“Kendrick, don’t hesitate any longer. Take it! Delaying it could cause variations. You don’t want Eveline to remain a sleeping beauty forever, right?”
As Shirley’s words resonated, Kendrick’s eyebrows twitched, and melancholy swept across his face.
In fact, he wished Niamh would wake up as soon as possible. He was anxious about it, more than anyone else.
Shirley’s kind gesture of delivering the anti-toxoid test reagent all of the sudden, however, had certainly left him with doubt.
Kendrick pondered for a few seconds before pulling out his mobile phone, preparing to call Adam.
When Shirley saw Kendrick’s actions, she quickly guessed his intention.
Her eyes turned red again, but she forced herself to suppress this painful emotion before speaking.
“Your calls won’t get through to his phone. Kendrick, you don’t have to trust me, but you must trust Adam. Stop dithering. Otherwise, unpredictable things might happen.”
When Kendrick heard the engaged tone which signified that no one answered on the other end of the line, he disconnected the call.
Karen ran out hastily at that moment, holding an umbrella. She asked worriedly.
“Kendrick, what’s the matter? Is Eveline asleep or sick? Why can’t we wake her up at all?”
Hearing those words, Shirley clenched her trembling hands and gritted her teeth. “Kendrick, take it quickly!”
She raised her voice, knowing that she might not be able to hold on for much longer.
“Eveline needs this vial of anti-toxoid test reagent now. There’s an ingredient in the anti-toxoid test reagent that is extremely rare. If you don’t take this vial now, Eveline would have no hope of ever waking up!”
“What?! What did you say?! ” Karen was shaken by Shirley’s words.
When she wanted to continue asking, she saw Kendrick snatching the vial out of Shirley’s hand and quickly running toward the house.
Karen, worried about Niamh’s safety, was not in the mood to ask any questions, so she merely glared at Shirley and swiftly followed Kendrick.
After Shirley saw Kendrick turning around to leave, she finally let go of the pretense of calmness that she had been striving to maintain.
Her pain was already so debilitating that she could not endure it anymore. She also knew that further physical and mental pain which awaited her would soon follow.
However, that was no longer important.
Presently, she only saw the blaze that devoured everything before her.
Kendrick, holding the anti-toxoid test reagent in his hands, ran straight into the house.
At the sight of Kendrick, Jackson ran gleefully toward him. “Daddy, you’re back! ”
When Kendrick saw his son running toward him cheerfully, he merely responded by lifting his lips into a smile briefly, then with a serious expression, Kendrick walked toward Niamh who was lying on the sofa.
Jackson, being a sensible child, was not saddened by this; he followed behind Kendrick obediently instead.
Kendrick opened anti-toxoid the test reagent, eyed the icy blue liquid, then fell into a moment of daze.
“Kendrick, what’s wrong with Eveline? Is she sick?” Concerned, Eloise was squatting by the sofa.
She held Niamh’s cold hands. The hands were so cold that they felt unlike the body temperature of the average person.
Kendrick lowered his eyes and looked at Niamh who had been asleep for days. Her soft eyebrows and her expression in her serene slumber were certainly beautiful.
However, he could not allow her to turn into a true sleeping beauty.
“Mom, don’t worry. Nia will wake up tomorrow.”
Kendrick promised, then quickly drew the icy blue liquid into the syringe.
When Karen saw this, she grabbed Kendrick’s arm. “ Kendrick, do you really believe that woman? What on earth is this thing? The color looks abnormal.”
Kendrick froze when Karen grabbed him, but his eyes looked firm. “ I don’t believe her, but I believe my friend.”
“Friend?” Karen did not know that Kendrick was referring to Adam.
However, when she registered what was going on and was about to ask more in detail, Kendrick was already squatting beside Niamh, injecting the icy blue liquid into Niamh’s veins in a practiced motion.
Just as he completed the injection, Kendrick noticed that Niamh’s eyebrows seemingly frowned slightly.
He went over and carried Niamh in a bridal carry before walking straight to the bedroom, then placed her down on the bed gently.
“Nia, I believe you’ll wake up soon.” Holding Niamh’s hand, Kendrick promised her, then he leaned down and kissed her forehead.
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.