“I didn’t understand a word of that,” Francesca said impatiently. “My snake bit him while he was in the middle of drawing blood. As the poison did not enter into the bloodstream right away, I assume that it wouldn’t show up in his toxicology report.”

“That’s not important.” Zachary waved a hand impatiently. “Didn’t you say that the symptoms will appear tonight? Will he die?”

“No, he wouldn’t. As members of the medical profession, we have a code of conduct to save lives, not end them. Otherwise, I would have done away with him the day your house was set on fire. Eliminate loose ends, you know.”

“What will the symptoms be?” Zachary persisted.

“It’ll look like the flu at first, then as it gets worse, it’ll…” Francesca’s eyes narrowed with suspicion all of a sudden. “Why do you ask?”

me dial a number,

“Pay me first!”

as she pressed the phone to her ear. “What? Chris took

him watched closely. The report came

that to drive a wedge between him and Jesse. Last night I had

“I had thought that Jesse really did poison

Chris went and got himself tested. He must have let him go to let

said mysteriously. “What if he really

do you mean?”

clinic,” Raina said carefully,

that be Francesco?” Charlotte asked,

coughed

contacted you?” Charlotte

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