It took Charlotte almost twenty minutes to let Ellie finish the potion. She put away the bottle immediately and whispered, “Ellie, don’t be afraid. Mommy is here and will protect you…”
“Ms. Lindberg, Ben is coming with his men. We have to leave at once. If not, we will land ourselves in hot soup!” Lupine reminded her apprehensively.
Charlotte let go of Ellie’s hand reluctantly and gave her one last glance before she got out of the ward through the window.
“Stop!” Marino rushed into the ward and was about to lash out when he spotted a figure near the window. At that very moment, Morgan turned to look at him. When Marino caught a glimpse of her, he held his tongue at once.
“What’s the matter?” By the time Ben rushed into the ward, Morgan’s figure was already out of sight.
“Nothing. Everything is fine,” Marino replied at once.
Ben did not sense anything amiss after scanning the room. Hence, he only advised Marino, “Keep your guard up. We can’t take the risk to let anything happen to Ellie.”
“I get it.” Marino nodded respectfully.
In the meantime, Charlotte hopped into the car with Lupine and Morgan.
Unable to hold back any longer, Lupine wailed, “Ms. Lindberg, that is the potion to prolong your lifespan. You have to take a bottle once a week to hinder the poison from erupting in your body. Now that you have used up two bottles. What are we supposed to do if anything happens to you?”
“Huh? You have used another bottle too?” Morgan was stupefied.
“I will still be fine without the medicine, yet their lives will be at risk without it. After all, Danrique won’t let anything happen to me,” Charlotte retorted.
“Ms. Lindberg…” Lupine was at a loss for words.
“According to Mr. Lindberg, there are no extra bottles of potion. Since you have used up two bottles, you will need to bear with it for the following two weeks. I’m worried that you won’t be able to take it…” Morgan’s voice quivered.
“Enough of that. I know what to do!” Charlotte cut her off and instructed, “Give Marino a call now. I need to have further details about Ellie’s condition.”
“I don’t have his contact number…” Morgan blushed as she refuted sheepishly.
“Don’t try to bluff me!” Charlotte snapped at her coldly. “Do you think that you can hide anything from me? I know both of you are keeping in touch with each other secretively.”
“I…” Morgan tried to give an excuse. Intimidated by Charlotte’s penetrating gaze, she could only admit in embarrassment, “We are just having a chat on the car racing skills. Other than that, we have never spoken about anything else. Ms. Lindberg, we remind ourselves that we must be faithful to you and Mr. Nacht, respectively.”
“Of course, Ms. Lindberg never doubts that. If not, she won’t turn a blind eye to it. We only need your help to ask him about Ms. Elisa’s condition. Anyway, this is not considered as betraying Mr. Nacht!” Lupine glared at her and pinched her on the arm.
“All right.” Morgan tried to call Marino.
Marino only answered the call after quite a while. “Hello.” he was apparently trying to lower down his volume.
“Hey, how’s the condition of Ms. Elisa at the moment?” Morgan asked him directly.
“How dare you question me? Don’t you know that you almost scared me to death just now? If Ben happened to see that just now, I would surely face his wrath again…”
“Stop babbling.” Charlotte snatched Morgan’s phone and asked Marino desperately, “Tell me, how was Ellie poisoned? What did the doctor say?”
“Ah! Ms. Lindberg…” Marino recognized Charlotte’s voice and hid in one of the corners hurriedly. He lowered his voice and explained, “The doctors discovered a rare snake venom in Ms. Elisa’s body. They presumed that it was either from the food or water she had taken. At the moment, we are still in the midst of the investigation.”
“Then…” Charlotte opened her mouth again.
“Marino, what are you doing? Get over here at once!” All of a sudden, she heard Ben calling out for him.
“I’m coming!” Marino darted toward him without hanging up. “Ben, what’s the matter?”
Ben urged him by saying, “I want you to lead a few men to bring Dr. Felch here from Phoenix City. He’s the only one who can save Ellie at the moment. Bruce has arranged for a private jet. You have to head to the airport now. Hurry up!”
“Noted. I will go now!” Marino replied at once.
The sound of footsteps in haste was audible from the other end of the line. A few seconds later, Marino’s voice sounded again. “Ms. Lindberg, I’m on my way to look for Dr. Felch now. I have to hang up now. Don’t worry. All of us are trying to save Ellie by all means.”
“Dr. Felch? This name sounds familiar…” Charlotte murmured in bewilderment. Somehow, her gut instinct told her that this Dr. Felch was someone she had met before.
