From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 72

Karen added, “When the butler returns, have him take the medicine to the kitchen. I’ll take it when I get back this evening. I have something to handle now.”

Adah frowned slightly. “Karen, are you sure that medicine works? What if someone’s pulling the wool over your eyes?”

Karen glanced back at Adah. “Don’t worry, my dear. My daughter–in–law wouldn’t deceive me.”

“People can be quite the actors, you know. How can you be sure she’s not just putting on a show?”

“Trust me,” Karen patted Adah’s hand reassuringly. “I handpicked my future daughter–in–law. I can tell a genuine person from a charlatan.” She wasn’t born yesterday, after all.

Adah continued, “Where are you headed? I can have the chauffeur drive you.”

Karen waved the offer away. “No need, darling. I feel like taking a stroll.” Karen had developed a habit of disguising herself whenever she stepped out.

It wasn’t long before the butler returned with the medicine in hand.

Adah took the medicine, still feeling uneasy, and said, “Larkin, would you mind calling Dr. Lyons to take a look at this?”

“Of course,” the butler nodded.

Hancock Lyons arrived promptly.

Lyons, could

the packaging and sniffed the contents carefully.

this medicine, but it

hearing that, Adah’s frown deepened. She had suspected that

perfect

and skilled in medicine? It sounded like a fairy tale, but Karen seemed utterly

appreciate you coming

syndrome. It requires gradual care. We can’t rush it. Don’t discontinue the prescriptions I’ve given. There can be harm in unnecessary medicine, and we don’t want to

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physician in Cloudcrest and was confident in his ability to treat Karen. Above all, he valued the Christensen family’s

could an unknown

Adah,

else, I should be going,” Hancock suggested,

instructed the

rotisserie, the door had barely opened at half–past six when customers

was as

weight lift off her chest. She had always known that the business picked up due to the new recipes, not because

was Anthea in the grand scheme

a rest.