The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 54

Imperial West Hospital.

Ashlyn was lying in bed, eyes shut.

Yvonne came rushing in, bawling her eyes out, and collapsed onto Ashlyn’s bed in a flood of tears!

“Granny, you’ve gotta save me! Grandpa says he’s gonna hand me over!”

“What’s the scoop? Your grandpa’s not lost his marbles; where’s he handing you off to?”

Yvonne pulled out the sob story she had prepped, crying her heart out.

“Granny, I’ve been pinching pennies to buy Nourishment Pills for Grandpa and Grandpa Sexton, but they say it’s no good. You’re taking Nourishment Pills yourself, Granny, you know best how awesome they are! I blew half a year’s pocket money on Nourishment Pills for Grandpa, and now he’s talking about handing me over to the Pollack family’s legal team, saying I’ve gotta do time… Granny, if I’m gone, who’s gonna look after you?”

Hearing this, Ashlyn started to panic. “Yvonne, you still got enough Nourishment Pills for me. right?”

If Yvonne got snatched by the Pollack folks, at least she wouldn’t be left high and dry without her meds!

“Yeah, you haven’t taken today’s yet, Granny. Have it now!”

With Yvonne’s help, Ashlyn took her Nourishment Pill, visibly relaxing, and with the scripture reading in the background, she began to drift off, losing focus on what was in front of her.

“Granny, you’ve gotta help me out. I’m your one and only granddaughter.”

Ashlyn, groggy, nodded along, echoing her words.

Yvonne tucked Ashlyn in with a smirk, pride written all over her face.

If Sexton got dosed with Nourishment Pills, maybe he’d start dancing to her tune just like Ashlyn!

In Marcel’s room, Calvin was holding two test papers.

“Mr. Schnabel, does your family have two Yvonnes or something? I mean, any relatives with that name?”

Marcel was stumped, putting down his chess piece.

“I got two identical test papers here, both with Yvonne’s name on them, check this out.”

“Let me see.”

On both papers, Yvonne’s name was written clear as day!

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a fail, the

the handwriting; the failing one’s gotta be hers, and the other must be a

Plus, a bunch of teachers have been saying they haven’t seen Yvonne since the term started!”

furrowed, reaching for his phone.

“Right away. Grandpa.”

room and saw Calvin,

about her being a whiz kid in

“Yvonne, explain this.”

papers and was utterly flummoxed! She hadn’t paid up, so how come the hired gun still took the exam?

stopped me from attending classes, I had to prove my

eyes narrowed, “You’re saying you were threatened? Then why

used to pick on me for being a Schnabel girl, and with my folks and bro so busy, I didn’t

her phone, a barrage

things they’ve said. I’m really scared, Grandpa!

deal

score’s mine, even though I never set foot in school, I’ve been secretly

said, “Off you go, I’ll handle

tears

Calvin was gobsmacked!

acting chops are wasted

Schnabel you buying

of baloney like

what’s the plan for this mess?”

moment, then dialed Beckett’s number, giving him the

12:43

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at school, and go

“Will do, Grandpa.”

In Tranquility City

to find it looked like

install cameras in the study after a bid

a bunch of the Lambert family documents and passing

taking hits. The Rosenbergs were stabbing them in the

family had been thriving under his watch, never faced such a rough

dialed up the

nerve swiping all my stuff. If you don’t make up for our company’s losses,

patch lately. It seems like everything they touch turned to dust, and they were all a bunch of

of your mind, Vincent? Who the hell would want your family’s junk? You really think you’re some kind of business whiz? How do you have the nerve

Rosenberg folks weren’t falling for that. “Proof? You mean that trash your daughter dragged in? Pfft! She was the one all eager to bring it, and we didn’t even want it! Don’t think I don’t know about you trying to butter

up