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…”

had arrived at

emergency room because her heart had

and anxious, Henrick and Arielle paced

worried of the two. Both Arielle and Shandie were his biological daughters and were crucial to the future of his

like an eternity, the

out, Henrick hurriedly went

a few more 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! But, I have to ask, how did she get bitten? This snake shouldn’t have appeared in

asked, “What do you mean by that? We live in a manor on top of the

find any in the wild here. It had to have

“Are you saying

“That’s very possible.”

bit into his palms. “Who?

instinctively fell on Arielle as a glint of suspicion

noticed her father’s doubts and fumed with anger. “How dare they! Whoever brought the snake into our manor is pure evil! Dad, you have to get to the bottom of this. We can’t let them

cleared whatever suspicion Henrick

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

home first, Arielle. I have to investigate this properly and find

if it bit you tomorrow? Please get it checked out as soon as

brought the snake in, I’m not going to let them

of housekeepers to stay and look after Shandie, Henrick and Arielle left the

confined to her room. As soon as she got the message that Shandie was safe and sound, she heaved a

didn’t last long. After being told that the release of the snake had been an attempt on

the housekeepers whispered outside the

her room. She desperately wanted to get out, but Henrick had

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