Chapter 11 Find The Killer

It was only then that Henrick remembered Shandie was still on the floor, twitching non-stop.

He ordered the housekeepers to carry Shandie downstairs while he prepared to take Arielle along to the hospital.

“Dear! Please take me with you!” Cindy pleaded, tears flowing uncontrollably. “Shannie is my… She’s one that I watched growing up. I can’t possibly stay at home!”

Despite how pitiful and terrified Cindy looked, Henrick steeled his heart against her. “No! I want you to reflect on yourself! Can someone take Mrs. Southall back to her room? No one is to let her out without my orders!”

One of the housekeepers immediately nodded and dragged a crying Cindy away while Arielle accompanied Henrick into the ambulance.

“Dad, why don’t we let Aunt Cindy come along? I can see how close she is to Shandie. Leaving her at home will only worry her sick,” Arielle softly pleaded.

Alas, Henrick refused to yield.

He turned his gaze toward Arielle and sighed deeply. “You silly child. Life overseas must have been tough, hasn’t it?”

“Not at all. Life was good,” Arielle replied and meant every word of it.

She had had a wonderful life abroad, and it couldn’t have been any better.

However, Henrick thought his daughter was merely putting on a brave front and sighed again. “You’re too naive. How will you survive here in Jadeborough? I’ll have to slowly teach you the ways so you won’t feel out of place.”

“Thank you, Dad!”

“We’re family. You don’t have to thank me…”

long, the ambulance had

wheeled into the emergency room

anxious, Henrick and Arielle paced outside the emergency room as

were crucial to the future of his career. Now that something had happened

like an eternity, the emergency room

soon as the doctor walked out, Henrick hurriedly went up to him. “Doctor,

days. This snake venom is especially deadly. If you hadn’t sent her here in time, no one would have been able to save her!

as he asked, “What do you mean by that? We live in a manor on top of the hill. It’s common for snakes

doctor shook his head gravely. “This snake species belongs in the South, so you won’t be able to find any in the wild here. It had to have come from there.

understanding what the doctor meant. “Are you saying that this could have been

“That’s very possible.”

bit into his palms. “Who? Who the hell wants to

instinctively fell on Arielle as a glint of

the snake into our manor is pure evil! Dad, you

cleared whatever suspicion Henrick

who had only just arrived in Jadeborough couldn’t have carried out such a plan. Besides, if Arielle had ulterior motives,

investigate this properly

but what if it bit you tomorrow? Please get it checked out as soon as possible and bring the perpetrator to justice!” Arielle said with a

more. Once I find out who brought the

look after Shandie, Henrick and Arielle left the hospital for the manor, ready to get to the bottom of

was busy checking her phone while being confined to her room. As soon as she got the message that Shandie was safe and sound, she

After being told that the release of the snake had been an attempt on Shandie’s life, Cindy

whispered outside the room, “Mrs. Southall, Mr.

being confined to her room. She desperately wanted to get out, but Henrick had locked the door and kept

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