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-”

cut through the room,

maid quickly soothed him with practiced ease

to the side, was

mentioning this earlier and Instead chose to

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

The maid remained silent.

eyes. No one could tell if she believed the maid or not. She finally sighed. “From

“Yes,” the maid replied.

she remembered something and began rummaging through drawers. The maid hesitated “Ms. Russell, what are you looking for? Do you need

feeling around inside. Finally, in the third drawer, she found a small porcelain

long ago. She said

and poured out the pills. Without

agonizing. Two hours

sleep. When she woke, the