The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 6

What on earth was this girl yammering about? Did she have any idea who Professor Calvin is? The dude’s a top–notch doc who checks up on the bigwigs! Did she really think she can just hit him up whenever?

The nurse sneered. “If you can get through to Professor Calvin, I’ll bow down and apologize.”

*Kids these days. I tell ya. My son thinks he’s Ultraman or something.”

“Enough chit–chat, let’s kick her out already. A little time at the police station will knock some sense into her and show her where she stands.”

Right in front of everyone, Noella whipped out her phone and dialed a number.

A doctor nearby scoffed. “She’s just punching in random digits. At least save a fake ‘Calvin‘ in your contacts to make it look good.”

Noella was speechless.

It’s not like he’s that important. Why would she bother saving his number? She remembered it because he’d called way too many times.

The other end picked up quickly.

Noella hit the speakerphone.

“This is Noella. There’s something wrong with the meds you prescribed.”

A confident male voice responded, “So you’ve finally decided to join our lab? Wait, what did you say?”

“I’m at Imperial West Hospital. You prescribed licorice tablets for a patient with hypertensive heart disease.”

Calvin smacked his forehead. “Right, right, I did prescribe licorice tablets for a patient, but just once. The dosage is correct, strictly controlled.”

“You prescribed it five times. The patient is dead.”

Calvin said in disbelief, “Impossible! I have the prescription right here. I only signed off on it once, for the patient in room eight. Their blood pressure couldn’t handle too much licorice!”

Noella coolly replied. “So, you got it wrong.”

Calvin, in a frenzy on the other end, “Alright, my bad. If you’re willing to join our lab…”

“Your lab’s going nowhere. Count me out.” After saying that, she asked again, “Who is this?”

There was a pause on the line before he replied with this name.

Upon hearing his name, Noella hung up.

Calvin, still holding his phone, was dumbfounded.

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How could the prescription for bed

away, or

maybe he’d get to see that girl!

up, tilted her

bow down and

on the line! And he was all gung–ho about inviting the

staff

a leading figure in medicine, now admitting he

out, it would rock

admits it, nobody knows which family’s kid you

people this tough to crack nowadays?

stood there, her eyes coolly

of authority. that comes with long–held power was all over Marcel;

gaze

“His.”

girl claimed to be from Marcel’s family! What

sure that the name the girl had used on the phone didn’t match the

eat junk food, but you can’t

as an ink wash painting, not a ripple to

seen.

eyes

Marcel felt a sudden daze!

saw Noella, he knew this girl had to be his granddaughter. Those eyes. were the spitting

with hints of his

eyes.

composed and graceful, making those rascals look

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amateurs!

increasingly pleased with what

still clamoring to

gotta be a spy, out to get you! There’s

silence, and everyone clammed up

Noella over. “Call me Grandpa.”

flow, stepping up

“Grandpa.”

to have you

over the group of medical staff, his

you dare to butt in? Who said to take her away?

never imagined that Noella

just criticize the Schnabel family’s upbringing and bully the Schnabel family’s young lady

legs turned to jelly at

mean it. We didn’t know she was

waved them off. “Someone will be in touch regarding these matters.”

that meant. Their faces fell, staring at Noella

floor, her face streaked with tears, looked at Noella with

assured her. “Someone will help

harder, sure now that she had been

handed Noella the prescription, “Girl, take a look for