Return of the Crowned Heiress

Imogen rubbed her temples, “Go ahead. What is it?

The maid confessed, “Ms. Russell, when we changed Mr. Caleb’s clothes earlier, we noticed a fresh scratch on his skin. It was caused by a fingernail and seems to

have been made very recently!”

“What?” Imogen thought she had misheard. She instinctively responded, “How could you be so careless?”

“Ms. Russell, it wasn’t us! All of us have kept our nails trimmed short and smooth for Mr. Caleb. There’s no way we could have scratched him!” the maid defended.

“So, you’re saying…” Imogen froze, her mind racing. Apart from herself, the maids, and the nanny, only two other people had been near Caleb recently.

One was Archie, and the other was Johanna.

“Mr. Rosario didn’t hold the baby just now. Only Ms. Johanna lingered by the cradle,” the maid added cautiously.

As Imogen’s expression darkened, the maid braced herself. “Perhaps Ms. Johanna accidentally scratched Mr. Caleb while playing with him. Her nails might’ve been too long-”

voice cut through the room, startling Caleb in the

with practiced ease until he drifted

the side, was tense.

had refrained from mentioning this earlier and Instead chose

and the other was her sister–in–law. They were too close for her to take the word

The maid remained silent.

her eyes. No one could tell if she believed the maid or not. She finally sighed. “From now on, keep

“Yes,” the maid replied.

a chill running down her spine. Then, she remembered something and began rummaging through drawers. The maid hesitated “Ms. Russell, what are you looking for? Do you

opened one drawer after another, her hands carefully feeling around inside. Finally, in the third drawer, she found

Felicia had sent her not long ago. She said that if Imogen took

poured out the pills. Without any hesitation,

wait was agonizing. Two hours

realizing it, drifted off to sleep. When she woke, the first thing she heard