Chapter 1898 The Verkade Scheme

Chapter 1898

“Claudette, what’s wrong? Please, say something!” Laura’s voice trembled

with desperation as she gripped Claudette’s hand tightly, but her daughter

remained as still and unresponsive as a porcelain doll.

“Manuel, what happened to my sister?” Elizabeth asked anxiously.

“She was brainwashed and deeply hypnotized,” Emmanuel explained gravely.

“I killed the person who had control over her, but now she’s like a robot.”

The revelation hit like a thunderbolt. Laura and Elizabeth broke down in tears,

their sobs echoing through the room. Even Felicity, who had been trying to

hold herself together, couldn’t contain her grief. As she wept, a bittersweet

thought crossed her mind–if only Sarah could have been as fortunate as

Claudette, alive even if not fully herself. Just to see Sarah again would have

been enough to soothe her aching heart.

Suddenly, a booming voice shattered the somber mood. “Hey, why are you all

crying? It’s not like Claudette can’t wake up!” Quintus barged into the room,

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his usual bravado on full display.

Elizabeth, momentarily distracted from her sorrow, looked up at her brother

with surprise. “Quintus, you’re still alive?”

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mean?” Quintus retorted, feigning offense. “You

sister alive, but you laugh when you

something?” His self–deprecating humor brought

to Emmanuel

guy, for the first time, had

assured them. “I’ve already

I’ll

return to normal. As for whether

back, that’s

playing across her face. As

her once vibrant daughter, now so changed, a secret

Mackenzie expecting a child, it

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her memories. She

man and start a fresh chapter in her

ever compete with Mackenzie?

jest, chimed in, “Aunt Laura, did you

He turned to Mackenzie

just as

exasperation. Here she was, heavily pregnant

and Quintus still wouldn’t give up his flirtatious antics.

come on, enough already!

tone became serious as he addressed

surname Verkade. Do you know what role the

the Quillen

face paling as she quickly

Ms. Lenoir because I’ve

don’t involve myself in their

continued, “Are you saying that the

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The

in the Quillen family

Laura, the daughter of the

so, which meant most people would have

situation.

herself from the accusations, Laura quickly

“I swear, I had nothing to do with it. But I

be

trying to rally the major families in Nuthana to support

of the Nuthana Chamber of Comce.

directly there.”

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