Chapter 259 It''s Time To End Everything
Marcus took deep breaths to calm himself. ''It''s okay. You talked to people who assured you no one
would notice the poison in the bottle, '' Marcus reassured himself.
His mind continued to race, ''Grandpa''s heart isn''t what it used to be anyway and he could die anytime.
So Grandpa''s state is normal for his condition. But how did the doctor know there was something
wrong with the infusion bottle?''
It''s impossible!
Impossible, '' Marcus debated with himself. He couldn''t figure out how the doctor knew there was a
problem with the bottle.
"Doctor, what''s wrong? What''s going on? Did something happen? Please tell me,"
Edmund asked with his eyes on the doctor. His eyebrows were knotted in confusion while he was
waiting for the doctor to give him answers.
"Mr. Edmund, it seems like somebody added a foreign substance in one of the infusion bottles. I
suspect that''s the reason why Mr. Nichs'' heart weakened significantly overnight. I checked Mr.
Nichs'' conditionst night and his was doing well. His heart may be weak but that''s still not a reason
for it to reach this condition now," the doctor exined.
Actually the doctor was baffled about what happened. He took his notepad to write and handed the
paper to the nurse. "Get me these medicines immediately!" The nurse nodded and left the room in a
run.
When he saw the doctor write on his notepad and the nurse scramble out of the room, the hairs on the
back of Edmund''s neck shot up. ''What is going on?''
He craned his neck to re at Marcus. If the doctor wasn''t in the room with them, he would have
Marcus avoided Edmund''s re and kept his eyes on the floor. "Calm down, Father. It wasn''t me. I was
in the hall during the night. I didn''t even enter Grandpa''s room," Marcus lied. "If someone wanted to
poison Grandpa, it wasn''t me!" Marcus squealed at his father.
He cursed to himself, ''This was supposed to be foolproof. No one was supposed to find out. Damn!''
But a thought popped into his head and calmed him down.
''As long as the poison is in the old man''s body, he will never wake up.
Then my n still worked. And my goal also aplished.
And even if the doctor found that there was poison in the bottle, they can''t prove it was done by me. No
one saw me add the poison anyway, ''
Marcus reassured himself. He took a deep breath and put a smile on his face.
This was a military hospital. And the people who worked here worked for Nichs. Marcus didn''t dare
ask any of them to help him. He couldn''t risk being betrayed by one of them.
A few minutester, the nurse returned to the room with the doctor''s request.
She had brought back all the infusion bottles usedst night and gave them to the doctor.
The doctor took all the bottles from the nurse and turned to Edmund, "I''m taking all these bottles to the
Because of Nichs'' special status in the hospital, anything that needed to be done for him was done
urgently. The doctor was back in no time with the results.
"Mr. Edmund, unfortunately, my guess was indeed correct. Someone did add poison in the infusion
bottle between eleven o''clockst night and one o''clock this morning," the doctor told Edmund. "Who
could have done this?" Edmund asked. The doctor shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, we can''t
determine who did it. But we do have information about the poison, including its name and what it will
do to its victim." The doctor handed theb results to Edmund.
The doctor scanned the room from the corner of his eye. He leaned in closer to Edmund and said, "Mr.
Edmund, I strongly believe that the person who poisoned Mr. Nichs is still here in this hospital." "I''m
afraid the hospital can no longer help you in that manner. I suggest we call the police to handle it," the
doctor suggested.
Edmund scanned the document in his hand but he wasn''t retaining any of it in his mind. He was still
stunned but he needed to be strong for his father.
Edmund finally acknowledged the doctor and said, "Doctor, don''t call the police. This involves my
family''s business and I need to handle this myself. Please do everything in your power to save my
father."
Edmund requested after his mind cleared.
This might be a grave matter but this was a scandal that could destroy their family. The public couldn''t
know about this.
If the news got out that Nichs was poisoned by his own family, it would be fatal for the reputation of
the Ans.
The doctor stayed silent and didn''t say anything for a while. He then nodded andforted Edmund,
"Don''t worry, Mr. Edmund. We will take care of your father immediately."
Edmund exhaled a sigh of relief.
When the doctor left, Edmund let go of his control. He marched over to Marcus and pped him.
"Marcus! You have ten seconds to exin this to me. What did you do to your grandfather?"
Edmund was shaking so hard from his anger. He pointed his trembling finger at Marcus and said, "I
thought you really wanted to take care of your grandfather yesterday. You just looked after him for one
night and now he''s poisoned!" Edmund pointed his finger to Marcus and continued, "I never expected...
I never thought you could be so heartless, Marcus!"
Marcus stroked his red, stinging cheek, while he responded, "Father! Why are you using me? I did
not poison Grandpa. Does the doctor have any evidence to prove I did it?"
"Evidence? Evidence? You were cruel enough to kill your brother. Do you think I need evidence? You''re
the only one I know who is heartless enough to kill their own family!"
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Edmund screamed. His face was so red and his nostrils red. His shoulders and his arms tremble with
anger.
"Marcus, don''t let me find any evidence to prove that you did this," Edmund threatened. "I may be your
father. But Marcus, I swear, if I find any evidence, you won''t get any help from me," Edmund dered.
Edmund raised his hand to p Marcus but stopped himself. He rushed out of the room instead.
Unlike the intense atmosphere in the hospital and Nichs'' room, it was more rxed in Terence''s
house.
Terence already knew what happened in the hospital. And he could not risk having something bad
happen to Nichs, especially at the hands of Marcus.
"Nathan, give this video to Grandpa Nichs when he wakes," Terence instructed.
Nathan took the video and left. Terence sipped his red wine when the door opened again.
Ca entered with a big slice of watermelon in her hand. She bounced towards Terence and held it out
in front of him. "I heard you wanted to eat some watermelon, Terence. So I brought some for you!"
Terence''s face lit up when Ca entered the room. The sight of Ca always brightened any room.
"Ca, darling, I missed you,"
Terence said. He took Ca''s hand and led her to him. He took the watermelon from Ca and
scooped a piece of it. He lifted it to Ca''s mouth.
"A sweet fruit for a sweetdy, thank you, Ca," Terence continued.
Terence fed Ca the fruit. Ca smiled but stopped Terence''s hand before he could feed her again.
She asked, "How''s Grandpa? Marcus stayed with Grandpa by himself all nightst night. Is Grandpa
okay?"
She knew Nichs wasn''t unconscious. But she was still worried about him.
They all knew how vicious Marcus was. When Terence told her Marcus was staying the night with
Nichs, she couldn''t help but worry.
"Grandpa is fine. Don''t worry, Ca. I worry about him, too. I won''t let him get in any danger," Terence
reassured her. He shook off Ca''s hand off his and fed her with the fruit again.
He had asked Ca to go just now because he had a surprise nned for her.
Ca continued to eat the watermelon and Terence continued to feed her. She turned to Terence with
confusion in her eyes, "We can''t let Grandpa just pretend to be unconscious this whole time, right?
Won''t he be ufortable?"
Terence smiled faintly. He wiped the watermelon juice that seeped from the corner of her mouth with
his finger.
He said, "Don''t worry, my darling. It''ll be all over this afternoon."
This nightmare had gone on long enough.
It was time. It was time to end everything.