For the three days following, Charlotte had busied herself with gardening chores. Other times, she would help Hayley prepare meals in the kitchen.

Her days were leisurely, albeit her treatment was behind schedule.

Dr. Felch would extract some daily blood samples from Charlotte for testing. However, to everyone’s dismay, there was no breakthrough yet.

In contrast to Mrs. Berry’s anxiousness, Charlotte was unusually laid back.

After all, there was nothing she could do.

Hayley was a cheerful girl. She loved to hum a tune or two when doing her house chores. As such, it brought joy to the room whenever she was around.

The scenic and secluded place that Charlotte was in helped her feel more relaxed during her treatment too.

on her chronic health issues. She urged the doctor to expedite the antidote research

answer each time he was asked, “We

then sigh and leave Dr. Felch

every night. The kids would share with her all the interesting things that happened

was up to. The latter, too, had not mentioned the incident that she was stalked and ambushed. There wasn’t any mention of

at keeping a tight lid on each other’s

Charlotte’s body would act up once every other day. When that happened, Dr. Felch would let

drill for another

ninth day, Sam came back with a bag full of herbal ingredients

the latter was bustling about

on the other hand, was preparing some herbal soup in the kitchen while stealing glances at Dr. Felch’s laboratory every so often

again during dinner. Instead of giving her the usual herbal medicine, Dr.

they returned to their bedroom, they found that Dr. Felch had prepared a herbal bath for

have prepared this on Dr. Felch’s order. Help

of the treatment?” Mrs. Berry

to immerse her

“Alright, alright.”

down, they settled her into the bathtub.

giving verbal instructions to Hayley about which

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