Chapter 180

Hub! Quinlyn, do you have friends from abroad? Tid one of them send you something delicious? Elowyn walked in from the garden, holding a bouquet of blooming roses

Quinlyn closed the lid, picked up the package, and turned back with a sweet smile.

It’s just a toy I bought. I’ll take it upstairs first.” She spoke calmly as she made her way up the stairs.

Joseph happened to be coming down. As he passed by, he caught a faint whiff of blood. “What’s that?”

Quinlyn glanced at him but remained silent, continuing up.

Joseph narrowed his eyes and turned around. The moment he pushed open Quinlyn’s bedroom door, he was met with a gruesome sight, inside the package on the floor was a freshly severed, bloodied head.

No matter how composed he usually was, the sheer shock of the scene made Joseph’s stomach churn.

He steadied himself, turned his gaze away, and shut the door before sitting down in a chair nearby. “Is it Lionel?”

“Yes.” Quinlyn examined the cut at the neck before turning her attention to the box. She reached inside and pulled out a card from one of the inner walls.

The message was scrawled in bold, sweeping strokes. [Quinlyn, stop digging. Be good. The handwriting looked familiar.

Quinlyn opened her laptop and ran a scan of the handwriting through DigitalKey Group’s system. The result stunned her; it belonged to Warren.

Joseph picked up the card, still perfectly sealed and untouched by blood, and frowned. “Did he kill Lionel?”

Quinlyn shook her head. “I don’t know.”

Even if Warren hadn’t done it himself, he was definitely involved.

This was a warning. Warren was telling her that Lionel had powerful backers, and she was stepping into dangerous territory.

Joseph wanted to curse Warren for interfering, but at the same time, Warren had effectively eliminated any chance of Quinlyn being targeted in retaliation.

“What are you going to do?” he asked.

Quinlyn thought for a moment, then tucked the card into a book and called Bennett. The task force arrived shortly after.

dumbfounded. “No way. I was watching all night outside. When the hell did this thing get delivered?

investigator in the biotech case, and his skills were beyond question, but now he was seriously doubting his own eyes. “Are

chairman. With his network, getting a

made a trip to the welfare home

located next to a hospital, was

atmosphere was pretty grim for a while. But after you

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their families, they

birth. They’d rather do time than carry these babies any longer Chester was thrilled to see

of the Quinlyn Welfare Home, Chester now managed dozens of people, and over time, he had become noticeably less

born yet?”

them.” Chester

tiny infants lying in their cribs.

feeding their babies and were stepping out. When they saw Quinlyn, they froze for a moment. After Chester introduced her, they

you, I don’t know what I would have done. I was terrified after getting pregnant, and

a new mother in her face, only fear and regret.

had been desperate, lured into the

a few months of effort

stretch marks formed, as their meals were strictly controlled, and as they lived under constant surveillance, the

overwhelming panic took hold, consuming their entire being. The fear nearly drove them insane. By then, it was too late for regrets.

and thought of

made the same choice Lisa did, erasing their babies

to a girl sitting in the corner and

her belly. She instinctively tried to shrink it under her clothes. “I just wanted to see what

to smile, but her discomfort

hand gently on the girl’s belly. Through the fabric, she could feel the small life

raise it. I have plenty of money. Just

hesitation, she nodded. If someone was willing to take responsibility for her reckless decision,

Quinlyn into the nursery and walked to a spot by the window.

just over a month old. She was adorable, reaching out her tiny

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