From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Adah’s mind was racing, her heart pounding in her chest.

If there were something wrong with the medicine she had given Karen, she would be a murderer.

She wished she had never let Karen take the medicine the night before.

What did she do?

Tears welled in her eyes as she rushed upstairs, pounding on the door. “Karen! Karen! Are you in there?”

The door was locked from the inside, and there was no response, no matter how long she knocked.

Without the key. Adah had no choice but to round up some house staff, ready to break the door down if necessary.

She then instructed the butler to summon Hancock.

Despite her panic, Adah managed to keep her orders clear and precise, a testament to her experience in handling crises.

The door was solid, and it took the effort of five servants several minutes to finally break it

open.

There lay Karen, asleep in bed, with a thin quilt draped over her.

silent, with little indication of life.

“Karen?” she

no response.

voice grew louder, calling

did not stir.

Could it be..

the unthinkable happened?

to Adah’s eyes as she threw herself onto Karen, embracing

crying. She had thought it was still the middle of the night.

surprise, sunlight was streaming through the

had been ages since she had seen such bright light,

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turned to Adah, crying her heart out. “Adah, what’s the

“Ahl Karent Are you okay? I thought you were…”

Karen

flooding through her, “Karen! You’re okay! You’re okay! You

Adah’s reaction, Karen realized something was amiss and gently patted her back

sniffled. “You always get up by six in the morning, and it’s nearly ten now! I knocked, and you didn’t answer,

ten?” Karen was astonished, looking at Adah

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