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.

was silent, with little indication of life.

“Karen?”

no

Adah’s voice grew louder, calling

Karen did not stir.

Could it be..

the unthinkable happened?

sprang to Adah’s eyes as she threw herself onto Karen, embracing her. “Karen! Karen, can you hear me? Karen!”

had thought it was still the middle of the

her surprise, sunlight was streaming through

seen such bright light, feeling like a

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crying her heart out. “Adah, what’s

Are you okay? I

Karen

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

patted her back “Silly girl, what could happen to me?”

always get up by six in the morning, and it’s nearly ten now! I knocked, and you

nearly ten?” Karen was astonished,

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