Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 579

Poisoned? This was utterly unforeseen for Frederick.

“Frederick, think hard. Has Manley eaten anything unusual at home these past few days?”

Teresa, though half in the dark even after Jocelyn’s lengthy explanations about

belladonna, was still somewhat baffled.

But she was aware that Manley might have hallucinated from ingesting belladonna.

So, without waiting for Frederick to reply, Teresa eagerly interjected, “Granny, Manley eats the same food as us, and he hates mushrooms! He never touches the mushroom stew Sadie makes! He only likes meat!”

“Now that is peculiar. Where could the trouble have stemmed from?”

Frederick cleared his throat, “Mom, are you so sure Manley was poisoned?”

symptoms match those of

thoughts a whirlwind of emotion, “And

he truly hallucinated, thinking Marguerite was hitting him, then he might have fought back. It’s possible he hurt himself in

it was likely he had wronged Marguerite. But he

were always managed by Sadie. It made no sense for everyone else to be fine while only Manley

approached with a serious expression, timidly tugging at Frederick’s sleeve, his voice clear, “Daddy, you’ve got it all wrong…

well, “Yeah, Hayes’ daddy! Manley hallucinated because of

a sliver of calm, mixed with an imperceptible guilt, “Alright, I’ll look into

embraced both Hayes and Teresa, asking, “Did you two rush over here just to clear Marguerite’s name?”

that even if the whole world

“So, even if all people in this world

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jumps to conclusions. It’s disappointing!”

Frederick was speechless.

is the daughter of