The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 91

“Come at me! You think I’m afraid? You were my punching bag back in the day!”

The moment Sexton heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and lunged at Marcel in a flash. “Marcel, you’ve got the nerve to bring up the past? You promised you’d take good care of her, and what happened? I should have never stepped aside back then!”

Talking about the past, the two old–timers were as pumped as if they had been shot with adrenaline, neither willing to back down.

“You not stepping aside? She wouldn’t give you the time of day! Your staying in the game wouldn’t have made a lick of difference!”

“Oh, cut the crap! If it weren’t for your dirty tricks, she wouldn’t have been duped by you.” Sexton got more and more heated, even kicking Marcel in frustration. “She’s gone, and that makes you happy?”

Marcel, clutching his cane, sat on the edge of the bed, his gaze tinged with forlornness. “Happy or not, I’ll be joining her down there one day.”

“Pfft, Marcel, save your breath. Maybe I should beat you to it; then you’d have no say in the matter.”

“You wish! Even if you went first, she’d ignore you.”

Sexton was about to throw punches when the two old coots got into a scuffle yet again.

The bodyguards and caregivers didn’t dare intervene, worried about accidentally hurting the

two.

Palmer, left with no choice, stepped in to break them up.

Noella was curious; every time they argued, they would dig up the past, but she had never seen them this worked up before.

“Grandpa, who are you talking about?”

Marcel’s eyes were filled with deep memories, and a smile crept across his face as if he was lost in the past.

“An old friend. It’s not important anymore.”

That set Sexton off again, and he snapped, “Not important? Marcel, how can you be so heartless to say she’s not important? Poor thing, to have crossed paths with a jerk like you!”

Noella was speechless.

at this age, Marcel was livid, too. “You’re not a jerk? You went and married someone else while professing your love for her!”

because I knew I had no chance! Not like you, an old fool who

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also fuming. “She only had eyes for you

your business; what’s the

in their youth, but she only had eyes for Marcel, Now that she was no longer around, she remained an untouchable presence

men down. Their chance of discharge was entirely in

I’ve been good; I took all the meds

Acting like you’re the only one who did? I’ve been following Noella’s orders to a

faint smile crossed Noella’s face, Her eyes landed on the comics tucked under the

bad for your eyes, to cut down on

comics farther under the bed with his foot.

blanket, fearing their precious toys might

“Noella, you just came from your grandma’s? What did

much, just that she wants me to call off

old hag! Could she be jealous that I’ve got such a fantastic granddaughter–in–law? Don’t listen to her nonsense. I really like you, and even if Palmer, this

Was his grandpa poaching right in front of him?

what Sexton said, he was

kid may be a grump with a bad temper, but he’s a looker and can earn a buck. Noella, for those reasons, you should give him a

you can’t take her seriously. Just last time, she barged into the ward, claiming your grandpa had an affair. Pure nonsense.” Sexton rolled his

beside her, couldn’t help but

of relief, then glanced at Marcel beside him. “This is your family’s

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you deal with it.”

She just wanted her own granddaughter Yvonne to marry Palmer, didn’t

with the authorities to end our marriage last month. But she is Tristan’s mother, after all, so I

taken

had quietly divorced Ashlyn?

Marcel’s status, a divorce would need a long preparation time and involve complicated procedures. So, Marcel must have

the answers. “If there weren’t things