Even After Death Novel (Olivia)

"Meds? I don't want any meds. I'm not sick!"

For some reason, Deborah became very agitated and swung her arms frantically at Leia.

"Ms. Johnson, calm down. It's me. I'm Begonia!"

Deborah's eyes refocused, and she regained her composure. "That's right. You're Begonia. I raised you. Why would you hurt me?"

She swallowed the meds and drank a glass of water.

"How's the Fordham family faring?"

"Things are still a huge mess. They're fighting over the inheritance. Ms. Jacqueline has her hands full dealing with that.

"As of now, the evidence is really disadvantageous for her. But the blood type inheritance theory has been disproven by some people recently. It's not absolute.

"Now that Mr. Fordham isn't around, they can't do DNA tests. They can only do tests with Mr. Fordham's brothers, but that isn't entirely accurate either. Since the same woman gave birth to all of them, they're currently at an impasse."

Deborah rubbed her temples. "That's really completely unexpected."

"Ms. Johnson, you look tired. Why don't you rest for a while? I'll handle things for you in the meantime."

"No need. We had intruders. I have to keep a close eye on things. You should make preparations. We need to leave at a moment's notice. It's no longer safe here."

"Okay."

Leia left the room politely. She had spiked the glass of water. After a few minutes, she prepared some fruits and went to check on Deborah to see if she had lost consciousness.

When she got to the door, she heard Deborah talking on the phone. She had calmed down, but she wasn't completely in her right mind yet.

She whispered, "You fool! Now's the best time to do it. Just kill Sean and Troy. Then, pin the blame on the other Fordhams. They're both crippled anyway. It's the best time to do it. I want David to suffer for the rest of his life!"

Leia was frozen in place. She had heard about the traffic accidents that Sean and Troy were in. She thought those were arranged by the other enemies of the Fordhams.

But it was actually Deborah who was behind everything.

In the past, she thought Deborah bribed Jacqueline to exact her revenge. She didn't expect Deborah to have gone this far.

It was clear that she was on the phone with Jacqueline. If Deborah was behind everything, why would Jacqueline go through with it?

Sean and Troy were her brothers!

Once the seed of doubt was sowed, Leia started to feel uneasy.

She would never help Deborah to hurt Avery's family!

The most important thing at hand was to rescue David and then investigate Jacqueline.

Leia composed herself before she knocked on the door. "Ms. Johnson, I brought you some fruits and supper. You should eat some to replenish your energy."

Deborah quickly hung up. She looked at Leia and asked, "Begonia, how long have you been under my wing?"

There was a glint of danger in her eyes. She had always been an unstable person. Leia knew that Deborah had killed a lot of people she trusted.

Leia was afraid, but she had to pretend to be calm.

"Almost 20 years."

"By the way, you were saved by Peace's Embrace. Why did you choose to leave with us?"

Leia set the food down before Deborah, who stirred the soup with a nonchalant expression.

"It's because I prefer Toxic Hive's methods over Peace's Embrace's ideology. As long as we get results for our research, sacrificing a few lives is nothing. They were too stubborn and refused to experiment on people. That caused their research to screech to a halt. That's why I chose to follow Toxic Hive."

"That's why I got my eye on you immediately. You're vicious. You're meant to accomplish big things. I want you to do something for me."

"Just say the word."

Deborah smiled when she saw how obedient Leia was. "Kill Avery Fordham."