Avery froze in horror!
"If I ate those cherries, I'd definitely be dead, too!"
Layla burst into gut wrenching sobs.
Avery immediately picked Layla out of the child safety seat and held her in her arms.
"Don't cry sweetie.You're safe now! You'll always be safe! We won't eat at school again! I'll get the
driver to send you food every day!"
Layla sobbed breathlessly and said, "Kiki was my friend, Mommy.She died right next to me...I'm
scared...I'm so scared!"
Avery's eyes welled up as her emotions slowly crumbled and she burst into tears, too.
According to Layla, if Kiki died from eating Layla's cherries, then Layla was the target all along! If Kiki
had not eaten the cherries that were meant for Layla, then Layla would be the one who died today.
Over at Rosacus City, after a few hours on an IV drip, Ben slowly awakened.
He saw Elliot talking on the phone not too far away from him.
"How did a drug meant for euthanasia turn up in a school cafeteria?! How did it end up in my
daughter's fruit bowl?! If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, then you can forget about your
job as school principal!"
Elliot's fury had reached its limit! He had completely forgotten that he was in a patient's room.
"Elliot..."
Ben called out weakly after hearing about the euthanasia drug.
"What happened? Did something happen to Layla?"
When Elliot heard Ben's voice, he immediately hung up the phone.
He strode over to the bed, then gazed at Ben and said, "How are you feeling? Something happened at
Layla's school, so I need to rush back.Do you want to come with me? Or do you want to rest here for
now, and I'll get a bodyguard to take you home later?"
"What happened at Layla's school?"
Ben's instincts told him that things were not as simple as they seemed, so he sat up and said, "I heard
you mention a euthanasia drug."
"Someone poisoned Layla's fruit earlier today.The drug that was used is usually used for euthanasia."
Elliot gritted his teeth.
"Chelsea escaped! I suspect she was behind this!"
Ben's face turned pale.
He yanked off the covers, then said, "There's no need for suspicion! It was definitely Chelsea! I was the
one who gave her the drug! I wanted to grant her a painless death, but she ended up abducting me!
She actually wanted to use the drug on Layla! I'm beyond furious!"
Elliot cursed under his breath.
"That vile b*tch! I'm going to kill her with my own!"
"I'm coming with you!"
Ben yanked out the needle in his hand and got out of bed in a hurry.
The two men very quickly emerged from the hospital and rushed back to Avonsville.
Soon after, Elliot's phone rang and he answered the call.
"Sir! Chelsea showed up in a red dress and is now dancing on the rooftop! She's really immersed in it!"
Sterling Group's vice president's voice came through the phone.
"She's locked the door to the roof.We can't get up there!"
Elliot was silent.
Chelsea was dancing on the roof of his company's building? Elliot clenched his fists tightly, then roared,
"Call the police! I'm on my way back right now!"
"Yes, Sir! She might be thinking of jumping off the roof! She's dancing dangerously close to the railing.It
looks like she might fall at any second! It's terrifying!"
"There's nothing scary about her dying.What's terrifying is if she doesn't die!"
If there was a button that would instantly end Chelsea's life, Elliot would press it right now.
"Even so...It's bad luck for us if she purposely chose to kill herself at our building! She's doing this just
to get back at you!"
The vice president did not want the company to suffer from negative press because of this.
Elliot's Adam's apple bobbed in his throat.
Chelsea was indeed doing this to get back at him.
Did she plan on turning into a ghost after she dies and haunt him forever?!
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