As for Kendrick, he was shocked to learn that Shirley was pregnant and that the child belonged to Carter.
Kendrick had never expected Carter and Shirley to have this relationship.
Furthermore, he had not expected Shirley to have handed him the only vial of anti-toxoid test reagent.
That meant that she and her child would certainly suffer harm.
At the thought of that, a trace of pity appeared in Kendrick’s heart.
However, the pity was not for Shirley but the innocent child in her womb.
Shirley, however, was laughing at that moment. “ Carter, you’re wrong. The child in my womb never had a chance to come into this world.”
When Kendrick heard that, he was surprised yet again.
Similarly, Carter was dumbfounded, and his grip on Shirley’s shoulders loosened. “Shirley, what do you mean by this? What do you mean?”
Shirley lifted her wet, red eyes and chuckled bitterly.
“I never wanted to give birth to that child in the first place.”
“I lied when I told you that the poison will affect the child’s growth. All I wanted was to get my hands on the ingredient for the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP6G.”
“What did you say?” Carter looked at Shirley in disbelief as she said that.
“Now that I’ve already achieved what I wanted, there’s nothing left that I can’t bear to part with anymore.”
The light in Shirley’s eyes darkened slowly. “Something bad happened to Addy and Cathy because of me, and they’re no longer here now. There’s no longer anyone in this world who truly cares about me or cares for me. I don’t need the anti
-toxoid test reagent anymore. I just want to finish the end of my journey in peace.”
Every word Shirley spoke drained her, and when she was done, she pressed the switch on the wheelchair and moved forward on her own.
The rain did not lighten, and Shirley’s figure in the wheelchair looked abnormally frail.
Carter immediately chased after her, and so did Kendrick.
“Shirley, what did you say? Did something bad happen to Adam and Cathy? What happened to them? Tell me!” Kendrick questioned anxiously.
When Carter saw that, he went forward to stand between Kendrick and Shirley.
At that moment, Carter, his face and entire body drenched in rain, looked dark and cold. “Kendrick, stay away from her! ”
Of course, Kendrick ignored Carter. Presently, Kendrick only wanted to know Adam and Cathy’s situation.
It was just that when he was about to ask for clarification, Carter reached out his hand to stop him.
Kendrick was no pushover. No one could stop him just because they wanted to.
However, Shirley let out a sudden cry of pain.
Carter immediately lowered his head to look over and saw Shirley clutching her heart, her body curling up, seemingly in debilitating pain.
“Shirley! ”
Cater instinctively called out Shirley’s name in a concerned tone and carried her in a bridal carry, then ran toward a car that was parked not far away.
Kendrick wanted to chase after them to find out what had happened, but when he saw Shirley being in such a pained state, he stopped.
He was not worried about Shirley. However, when he thought about her handing the last anti-toxoid test reagent over for Niamh and her choosing to endure the poison with the child in her womb, he believed that Shirley wanted to turn over a new leaf.
Nonetheless, he could not forgive her. He could not forgive everything Shirley had ever done previously.
Kendrick went back into the house and called everyone he knew to enquire about Adam.
Dr. Adam Brown was fairly well-known in Glendale. However, Kendrick asked everyone he knew and no one knew anything about Adam’s recent situation.
Kendrick also called the hospital that Adam worked in. The hospital told him that Adam had not been coming into work for some time, and they did not know why.
No one knew where Adam went or what happened to him.
However, Kendrick suspected that something bad must have happened to Adam and Cathy.
Anxious, he walked back to the bedroom. When he looked at the still-sleeping Niamh, he held her hand gently.
“Nia, what do you think I should do now?”
Kendrick was sick with worry when he thought about what Shirley had said not long ago. He truly did not want to think about the worst-case scenario.
He still hoped that it was just an act put up by Shirley and Carter, hoping that Adam and Cathy were safe and sound.
Elsewhere, Carter was driving speedily back to his villa.
In hurried steps, Carter, drenched in the rain, rushed into the living room with the unconscious Shirley in his arms.
Camille and Ada, who were in the living room, were shocked when they saw Carter returned while carrying an unconscious and soaking wet Shirley.
“How did she turn out like this?” Camille, whose eyes were filled with concern, immediately instructed the maid, “Get Dr. Lane here immediately!”
The maid then carried out the order hurriedly.
While Ada stood at one side, watching the worried- looking Carter as he carried Shirley upstairs,
Camille followed Carter.
When Ada saw how worried they were for Shirley, anger rose in Ada’s chest, yet a smile appeared on her face.
She could see with her eyes, of course, so she knew that Shirley had gone out in the rain.
Judging from how wet Shirley was, she must have been in the rain for a very long time. Additionally, with Adam and Cathy’s deaths, Ada was certain that Shirley would not be able to keep the child in her stomach.
After Carter had carried Shirley back to the room, he swiftly found some clean clothes for Shirley and personally changed her clothes.
Camille was sick with worry at the side. “ She ran into the rain? How long was she in the rain? Did she forget that she’s a pregnant woman now?”
Pregnant woman.
For some reason, these two words sounded abnormally ear-piercing to Carter because he remembered what Shirley had said not long ago.
“Carter, the child in my womb never had a chance to come into this world.”
As her words repeated in Carter’s ears, he felt a chill down his spine.
Before long, Dr. Lane arrived.
He gave Shirley a basic checkup, and he immediately checked the baby in Shirley’s womb.
However, Carter’s expression was dark. “I want to know what’s wrong with her.”
Dr. Lane understood what Carter meant, so he gave Shirley another examination, but he did not find anything abnormal.
In truth, Carter knew Dr. Lane would not find out what was wrong with Shirley.
No one would know that Shirley had a poison called AXP6g inside of her. It was a poison she had developed, and this poison had now reached its final stage, bringing her an endless torment.
Carter, unable to continue to think any further, suddenly turned around and walked out of the room.
“Carter, where are you going?” Camille wanted to stop Carter, but he seemed to have made up his mind.
Ada was about to come over to check up on Shirley when she happened to see Carter walking out of Shirley’s room.
“Carty, Shir…” Ada’s lips parted to greet Carter, but Carter walked directly past her, seemingly not to have even noticed her presence.
Carter’s treatment made Ada feel as if she was air, and that infuriated her. However, she did not know toward whom she could displace her frustration, so she could only head in to see Shirley as Ada was still fuming.
Carter dashed into the underground laboratory.
He examined some of the data on the desk Shirley had been working on before, then walked to the refrigerator.
After entering the passcode of the refrigerator, he looked all over and did not find what he was looking for.
In truth, he knew very well that it was not here.
That particular ingredient inside the anti- toxoid test reagent for AXP6G was exclusive to St. Piaf and extremely rare.
Carter could not understand why Shirley wanted to hand the anti-toxoid test reagent she developed to Kendrick.
‘She must have gone insane. She’s insane!’
Carter’s rage was beginning to erupt when a maid ran hurriedly to the laboratory entrance.
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