âWhat?â Riley was so shocked that she audibly gasped from the other end of the line.
âWhat did you just say? Adam had the drug all along?â
âYes,â I answered grimly.
âRiley, can you go to Adamâs secret chamber for me? If you canât find an antidote there, can you take the drug to me? The doctor needs the drug to develop the antidote.
The secret chamber is in Adamâs study.
Just move Lucaâs oil painting to the side and itâll open the secret passage.
â
Riley was even more shocked.
âWhat? Thereâs a secret chamber in his study?â
âYes,â I replied simply.
Riley fell into another bout of stunned silence.
I guessed that she was busy processing all this information.
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After a long while, Riley finally agreed.
âOkay, Iâll do whatever you ask, Debra.
But I hope youâll explain to me whatâs going on after you save Caleb.
â
âOf course,â I agreed readily.
So far, it seemed that I had bet on the right person.
But I didnât know how Riley would react when I told her that Adam was trying to sell the town.
My hope relied on Rileyâs kindness
After hanging up, I stayed outside the emergency room and waited with bated breath.
I kept offering up silent prayers to God to save Caleb.
After a long time, the light in front of the door finally went out.
They had finished operating on Caleb.
He was still in a coma, lying pale-faced in the hospital bed.
âWell?â I asked uneasily, my hands trembling
Brian shook his head and sighed.
âThe poison has destroyed many of his body functions.
Without the antidote, I can only temporarily put him in a coma to slow down the spread of the poison.
â
Looking at Calebâs pale face, I felt so terrible.
If he hadnât tried to save me, things wouldnât have ended up Like this.
I clenched my fists, more determined than ever to save him.
I had to see the day he woke up.
I begged Brian, âCan you buy as much time as possible?â
Brian hesitated for a moment and said, âI can, but Iâll need Melanyâs help.
If thereâs someone in town who knows about this poison, itâll be her.
Adam had secretly assigned her to execute the criminals using the poison.
She left because she couldnât stand the work anymore.
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