Chapter 4 - The Midnight Switch
“You ungrateful little brat!” Eleanor hissed, abandoning her gentle demeanor as she lunged toward Claire to snatch the phone.
Before her hand could reach Claire, Ethan’s broad hand clamped around Eleanor’s wrist like an iron vise, stopping her in mid-air.
“Touch her again, Eleanor, and I will have security remove you from this house in chains,” Ethan warned in a voice so cold it sent a shiver down the spine of every butler standing in the hall.
Eleanor winced in pain, pulling her wrist back and stepping behind the marble pillar. “Ethan, you are taking the word of a hired maid over the woman who raised you after your mother died!”
“Claire didn't just give me words, Eleanor,” Ethan said, his voice dropping into a dangerous rumble. “She gave me proof that my son can walk.”
Ethan turned to his chief head butler, Arthur. “Lock the estate gates. No one leaves this property tonight. Call Dr. Harrison and tell him he is required at the mansion immediately for an emergency medical review.”
As Arthur hurried off to executive the orders, Eleanor backed up toward the dining room corridors, her mind racing in complete panic.
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She had to destroy the secondary stash of compound bottles hidden inside the master safe before the toxicologists arrived.
👉 But what Eleanor didn't know was that Claire had already discovered the safe two nights ago.
