Love is the Sunshine

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. Nicholas' heart weakened significantly overnight. I checked Mr.

Nicholas' condition last 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 explained.

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 glare at Marcus. If the doctor wasn't in the room with them, he would have

lashed out right then and there.

Marcus avoided Edmund's glare 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 plan still worked. And my goal also accomplished.

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 Nicholas. Marcus didn't dare

ask any of them to help him. He couldn't risk being betrayed by one of them.

A few minutes later, the nurse returned to the room with the doctor's request.

She had brought back all the infusion bottles used last 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

lab to check if they were tampered with." Edmund nodded and the doctor left.

Because of Nicholas' 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'clock last 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 the lab 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. Nicholas 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

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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 Nicholas 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 and comforted 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 slapped him.

"Marcus! You have ten seconds to explain 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 accusing 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!"

Edmund screamed. His face was so red and his nostrils flared. 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 declared.

Edmund raised his hand to slap Marcus but stopped himself. He rushed out of the room instead.

Unlike the intense atmosphere in the hospital and Nicholas' room, it was more relaxed in Terence's

house.

Terence already knew what happened in the hospital. And he could not risk having something bad

happen to Nicholas, especially at the hands of Marcus.

"Nathan, give this video to Grandpa Nicholas when he wakes," Terence instructed.

Nathan took the video and left. Terence sipped his red wine when the door opened again.

Carla 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 Carla entered the room. The sight of Carla always brightened any room.

"Carla, darling, I missed you,"

Terence said. He took Carla's hand and led her to him. He took the watermelon from Carla and

scooped a piece of it. He lifted it to Carla's mouth.

"A sweet fruit for a sweet lady, thank you, Carla," Terence continued.

Terence fed Carla the fruit. Carla smiled but stopped Terence's hand before he could feed her again.

She asked, "How's Grandpa? Marcus stayed with Grandpa by himself all night last night. Is Grandpa

okay?"

She knew Nicholas 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

Nicholas, she couldn't help but worry.

"Grandpa is fine. Don't worry, Carla. I worry about him, too. I won't let him get in any danger," Terence

reassured her. He shook off Carla's hand off his and fed her with the fruit again.

He had asked Carla to go just now because he had a surprise planned for her.

Carla 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 uncomfortable?"

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.