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-”

the room, startling

him with practiced ease until

nanny, standing to the side, was

understood why the maid had refrained from mentioning this earlier and Instead

all, one was her husband, and the other was her sister–in–law. They were too close

The maid remained silent.

could tell if she believed the maid or not. She finally sighed. “From now on, keep a

“Yes,” the maid replied.

she remembered something and began rummaging through drawers. The maid hesitated “Ms. Russell, what

carefully feeling around inside. Finally, in

pills that Felicia had sent her not long ago. She said that if Imogen took them, her eyesight would return within two

poured out the pills. Without any hesitation,

wait was agonizing. Two hours felt

the headboard and, without realizing it, drifted off to sleep. When she woke, the first thing she heard was the sound of her baby crying. Imogen opened her