Ben pouted aggrievedly, not daring to utter a word.

“Don’t take it out on him,” Zachary said calmly. “The truth is I’ve been struck with an incurable disease, and I don’t know how much longer I’ll live. That’s why I drafted this will—just in case anything happens.”

“What?” Flabbergasted, Spencer fell into a daze and snapped back to reality after a long while. “What incurable disease? Are you joking around, Mr. Zachary? D-D-Don’t do this to a geezer like me. I won’t be able to take it at this age.”

“I’m not joking,” Zachary answered coolly. “Do you remember Cynthia Blackwood?”

talking about Taylor Blackwood’s eldest daughter, right? Yes, I do remember

she threw some poison at Charlotte, but I took the

previous

a vicious look before being taken away by the cops, signing that I would join her soon. I thought nothing of it at first, and it was only later

woman!” Spencer shook with rage. “Have you talked to Dr. Felch? He’s an expert in toxins, isn’t he? If he could cure both Charlotte and Ellie, surely he’d be able to help

him off. “Dr. Felch

in astonishment. “He’s gone? When did

off after taking care of everything necessary,” Zachary answered flatly. “That’s

refused to accept the

Dr. Felch’s apprentice. We’ve been searching for him all this while, but we haven’t got a clue

a close friend of Danrique Lindberg.

looking for him too, but he’s also

be? You can’t even locate a guy!” Spencer was so infuriated that he hit Ben with his crutch. “I trained both

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