Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 378

"What the heck is going on?" Ludwik demanded, his voice deep, his gaze filled with confusion and a hint of menace.

Taryn shivered under his intense presence, knowing well how protective he was of the family matriarch. Stepping in front of Danny, Taryn struggled to articulate, "Sir, it's like this. After the lady of the house fell into a coma three years ago, before Miss Emsworth left Banyan City, she handed me a pill, instructing me to secretly administer it to the lady... I've been doing it for three years..."

Ludwik was in disbelief.

Just then, Natalie coughed up blood from beneath her oxygen mask.

"Grandma!" the family doctor exclaimed.

Ludwik's expression hardened, "What's happening now?"

"It might be because she just woke up! We can't rule out any risks with her condition. Mr. Lippert, our home medical setup isn't equipped like a hospital. We're good for convalescence, not for treatment. We need to get her to a major hospital now!" Ludwik snapped to attention, "What are we waiting for? Let's move her, now!"

"Careful, careful!" the doctor urged as nurses were called, and the household prepared for the emergency transfer. Ludwik instantly called the director of Skyfaith Hospital, ensuring everything was in order for their arrival.

After everyone had left, Danny, with worry knitting his brow, followed closely behind. Something about his father's reaction to the news that mom had been giving grandma the mysterious pills seemed off. He needed to share this potentially good news with his mom immediately.

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was momentarily stunned. Unable to contain her joy, she had just been talking to Tiana about how Natalie might wake up soon. Was this divine intervention? For Whitney, the

asking her son, "Danny, is grandma at Everwood Villa Estate right

and they've just taken her to the hospital. Mom, you should head there directly, grandma's

Whitney's thought; she had been the one to administer the medicine to Natalie, a concoction of over a hundred complex components. She was the closest one could get to understanding Natalie's condition and immediately headed to

emergency surgery room, Ludwik stood tall, his expression grave. His mother had just awakened and then vomited blood, necessitating a barrage of tests. His heart was

coma for three years to have some internal bleeding..." the family doctor speculated, just as Nolan Parker and Ashton

Aunt Natalie?" they

uncertain," Ludwik replied, his lips pressed tightly

they spoke, Whitney and Tiana appeared in the hallway. Ludwik paused, his sharp gaze landing on Whitney. He remembered Taryn's unfinished

don't get the wrong idea about Ms. Valentine! If anything, you owe her

Taryn off and calling the family

mother's kidneys failed three years ago, and even after the transplant, she became comatose. You've told me her condition was stable every day.

was sharp and cold, full

secretly medicating your mother. I suspected Elaine, and you didn't believe me. I stayed to uncover the truth. I took your mom's blood samples and had them tested at several labs, which revealed neurotoxins in her bloodstream before her kidney surgery, leading to rapid organ failure. After the surgery, to avoid detection, someone cleared the toxins but kept administering small doses daily, undetectable by your family doctor! Out of necessity, I developed a pill for Taryn to give her, to remove the accumulating neurotoxins and repair a third of the brain damage, slowly rebuilding her bodily functions. And as you can see, instead of the predicted three years, she's made it to three and a half. I returned home recently and switched her medication to a more potent formula, which I've developed over these three years. Look, in just over a month, she woke up. This proves my intentions were good; I just wanted to save her, just like I intended that night

neurotoxins in her body?" he turned

doctor firmly shook his head, "Ms. Valentine, I've been diligent in my duties. I didn't detect

smirked coldly, looking at Ludwik, "Even now, can't you guess who poisoned her? It's obvious the poisoner managed to evade detection by the family doctor. And think, who

Everwood Villa Estate then? Whitney, remember, it was Elaine who donated a kidney to Natalie!" Ashton retorted

rolled her eyes at him like he was a