Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 204

The video was only six seconds long, ending abruptly as Natalie coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

The old professor had watched it repeatedly, finally offering his analysis. “Hard to say, Mr. Doonan, judging by the points where the girl inserted the needles, it looks like she targeted the area near the old lady’s pancreas. The pancreas is complex; the needling could be harmful or healing. But the color of the blood she spat out suggests internal bruising.”

Ludwik’s expression froze for a moment.

Parker thanked the professor and personally escorted him to the door.

Returning, he shrugged, “This professor is as credible as they come. At least he didn’t rule out the possibility that Whitney might have been trying to save your mom. Elaine shot this video, claiming Whitney was harming Natalie. I wonder, could she have been mistaken?”

Ludwik’s face twitched slightly as he remembered Whitney insisting at the hospital that it was his mother’s pancreatitis acting up, and that she was needling to release the congestion.

His mother did indeed suffer from pancreatitis!His gaze fixed on the emergency prescription order, perhaps Whitney was really trying to save her?

Braxton said she was kind–hearted, and he himself had seen her take Braxton’s pulse, claiming her acupuncture was to save lives, not for money, her expression soft and sincere.

Even Nolan could see she was close to Natalie.

If she was as innocent as Parker suggested, then the whole tender issue wasn’t a setup, and when Keegan kidnapped Natalie, could she have been trying to stop him? According to her story, was she trying to sneakily rescue Natalie instead of aiding Keegan in his misdeeds?

Unfortunately, complications later led to his mother suffering renal failure and becoming comatose.

His heart pounded.

Could she be innocent?

Reflecting on his treatment of her these past days, verbal and physical abuse, Ludwik’s brow furrowed deeply.

If she was innocent, then he was not acting like a man for hurting her this way.

“Figuring anything out?” Parker handed him a glass of wine, teasing him with a look.

Ludwik remained silent, tilting his head back and downing the wine in one go.

“It’s not that I’m making excuses for Whitney,” Parker continued, “but I just feel that she isn’t irredeemably evil. If she harmed your mother, why is she still enduring your torment and fighting to stay by your side?”

“She wants redemption,” Ludwik replied coldly.

Parker chuckled, countering, “And what if she’s innocent? She stays, drinking down your hate, why do you think she’s doing this for?”

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put down his glass, closed his eyes for a couple

Parker suggesting that she was in

He stood up.

are you going? Get some rest, your eyes are red,” Nolan attempted to stop him.

back to her, Ludwik. Calm down, ask her what really happened that night, give her a chance to explain,” Parker said, patting his shoulder with

Elaine was jolted by a call from Jaxon. “What did you say? Parker had some

pale as a ghost. That

that Ludwik’s fury would ensure he believed it without

Whitney, she had handed the video over to the police as

she hadn’t counted on Parker

with the professor’s expert analysis, her claims were falling apart,

What if he started digging into the

about the kidney transplant – it couldn’t

out of bed, feeling uneasy, she needed to give strict instructions to the hospital’s

anything, he might start

with Lyra in tow, rushed

to the villa,

the first floor, ran a hand through his

room was cold,

figure huddled on the bed, her belly round with pregnancy, but she was curled up, her little face buried in her knees, a picture

frowned and walked

there, her face flushed, breathing ragged, lips cracked and peeling, he touched her forehead, alarmed

aren’t you covering up? You’ve got

He roused her.

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daze, opened her e

you doing here?

owned and recoiled, biting

release itly

a moment. She always knew how to rile him

about to become a mother? Are

tormenting myself? Get out!” Whitney

didn’t you cover