Chapter 6 - THE POISONED DAUGHTERVance Manor was draped in quiet gloom. Clara lay in her bed, her skin pale and breathing shallow. On the bedside table sat a small bottle filled with a cloudy purple liquid—the "medicine" brought by Lord Richard.
Alexander Vance sat at her bedside, sunken circles carved around his eyes.
"Drink a little more, Clara," Richard whispered smoothly, holding a spoon of the drug to her lips. "It will ease the pain. Your father is signing the conservatorship papers downstairs right now. Once he passes control to me, I will bring in specialists."
Clara turned her head away weakly. "No... it makes my legs feel cold. Like ice."
Downstairs, Alexander stood before a massive mahogany desk as a lawyer handed him a fountain pen to transfer authority over the Vance Corporation to Richard. His hand trembled over the paper.
Suddenly, the glass window shattered into flying shards! A rock wrapped in leather parchment crashed onto the desk.
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Alexander rushed to the window and looked out into the rain. Standing in the rose garden, soaked and bleeding, was Leo.
"She's being poisoned!" Leo’s voice thundered through the storm. "The medicine is poison! Read the paper! Read Dr. Croft's notes!"
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