The Killer Queen by Noella Briony
Chapter 148
Chapter 148
Walden’s tone carried an edge of impatience. “What is it already?”
Clutching the hem of her skirt. Yvonne mustered the courage to lock eyes with Walden and spoke deliberately. “Have you ever heard of Nourishment Pill, Walden?”
Walden sat bolt upright, disbelief etching his features as he looked at Yvonne.
“Nourishment Pill? As in the legendary black market panacea? That’s what you’re offering me?” Yvonne’s spirits lifted at his reaction.
“I can get my hands on the Nourishment Pill. If you’re interested, Walden, maybe we can still talk business. I hear Mr. Arthur Gruber hasn’t been feeling well. Imagine the boost to your status in the Gruber family if you could present him with this elixir.”
If he could secure the pill for Arthur, his standing within the Gruber family would be unassailable. A fanatic gleam touched Walden’s eyes.
“Deal.”
At a local police station in Imperial City.
Vincent, wheelchair–bound, gazed anxiously at the officer before him.
“Officer, we’re telling the truth! I was attacked, our whole family nearly died out there – you can’t just ignore this!”
“Do you have a lawyer?”
A lawyer? Since when did reporting an assault require legal representation? Wasn’t their battered appearance evidence enough? Why would they need a lawyer?
The money Vincent had wouldn’t stretch to afford a defense attorney, not to mention the legal fees from his previous settlement talks with Martin were still outstanding.
To think that he, once a district’s wealthiest man, had fallen to such straits made Vincent
seethe.
The officer, growing impatient, said, “I’ve asked you repeatedly, and you can’t provide a clear account of what transpired, only that you were assaulted, while the surveillance footage appears normal.”
Vincent blurted out, “The cameras! Yes, it was the man who pushed me out! He’s the one who
hit me!”
a look of incredulity
Didn’t you roll out on your
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The very person who had been pushing his wheelchair had stayed out of the camera’s
of sight.
setup all along!
All they knew was they’d blacked
a wound, a stark reminder of Noella’s last look it sent shivers
must’ve become twisted after we cast her out! We must go to Emerald County, find
capita, and with Noella’s large family, including four
Lambert family were teetering on the edge of insolvency. He couldn’t believe that once they
Polaris Star
as she reviewed the
Polaris Star’s lab and the one Elara managed, and the numbers suggested there were issues within Elara’s facility.
at the Emerald County lab. Should we send
“No need, I’ll go myself.”
also be an opportunity to inspect the Schnabel family estate. If she encountered any problems in Emerald County, she
them
daughter and Elara. Sienna was relieved to see the girls getting along so well; before Noella returned to the family, she had worried about potential friction between her and Elara, which would’ve upset her regardless of who was at fault. Now, the
I’ll pack for you. And there are many gifts for Elara; she loves the pickles from home,
and pick them up.
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the call with her mother still fussing about getting Elara’s favorite
by piles of packages in the living room, and Sienna was concerned
anything else we should
lab; she’s
response, Sienna grabbed even more items. To the
grandfather’s napping, so I won’t wake him.”
I’ll be back in a couple
family car waited nearby. Noella, laden with gifts, got in and headed
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