Chapter 5 - The Secret Analysis
“Get out!” Dr. Hale hissed at Hannah, his voice dropping all professional decorum. “Get out of this study right now!”
Hannah hastily stood up, bowing her head as she backed out of the dark study, clutching the soaked gauze pad tightly inside her apron pocket.
As soon as the heavy double doors closed behind her, Hannah hurried down the service corridor toward the maid quarters. She locked her door, pulled out a small sterile sample tube, and transferred the liquid from the gauze pad into the vial.
She needed an official chemical lab analysis. If she could prove the drops contained nerve-paralyzing toxins, she could save Grant and expose the conspiracy that had stripped him of his sight and his company.
Meanwhile, back in the study, Victoria paced back and forth across the rug.
“Richard, I don't like that girl,” Victoria said sharply to the doctor. “She looks at Grant too closely. She’s been asking the kitchen staff questions about his medical schedule.”
Dr. Hale snapped his silver medical case shut. “I will handle her, Victoria. If she’s meddling in our affairs, she will be removed before the board meeting on Friday.”
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Friday was the day Victoria planned to officially declare Grant permanently incapacitated, transferring seventy percent of Mercer Global’s voting stock into her own name.
👉 Late that night, while the mansion slept, Hannah received a discreet text message on her private phone from an unknown number.
