Stella nodded gently. "So we thought that if Justin had gone this far, he would want to do more than just use Adolph for Modesty."

 

"The other day, when Justin called you..."

 

Stella smiled weakly and lowered her eyes. "He's ready to kill us all, and he wouldn't spare me."

 

They knew Justin would try to blackmail her into going to the party.

 

If Stella hadn't gone, Justin would have had other plans, and it would have been better for their next plan and let Justin believe that he had things under control.

 

So, at her insistence, Clarence arranged for Adolph to sneak onto the cruise ship and secure Justin's room.

 

Sherry felt a tingle when she thought about it and added, "But the other day, after Justin called you, I saw your reaction, and it didn't seem fake. Noah..."

 

Stella said, "Clarence really didn't tell me about Noah's poisoning."

 

To this day, she did take it in stride.

 

What was the point? Noah was not going to get better any faster even if she was in a hurry.

 

It's Justin's way of getting under her skin.

 

"Take a good rest these days, if

 

sure she's taken

 

at the time and said, "Stella, would you like some

 

head and went back to bed. "I'm tired and want to

 

then pulled up the quilt for her, "Then you

 

asleep, Sherry looked up and saw a

 

took one look at Stella and slipped

 

heard the

 

pulled him aside for a few steps before she said, "She just

 

Doctor said he lost a lot of blood.

can I do? I'm afraid to tell Stella the truth, she would be

"Darnell said Archer would

nudges Daniel. "Go ahead; I'm afraid Stella will wake up later. If you hear anything from

her eyes. "You go back to sleep. I'll

stay with Stella. I'll sleep on the couch if

the room, Daniel suddenly took her in his

froze and whispered, "What are

tighter. "Nothing, I was just thinking, what would you do if it were

I will move on to the next

Daniel chuckled. "You better."

happy thing it was for him to be alive and to

to the room, Stella was still asleep, and she exhaled a little, leaned back on the couch, and yawned. In bed, Stella buries her head under the

getting dark and

daze, feeling like she was in the middle of a volcano, hot

her ears was

mess, a doctor came to check her, take her temperature and change

to stay awake, knowing what they were saying and doing, but she couldn't keep

in a chaotic, lightless

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