When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 1051

When Lemira Langston saw Rowan Langston step out of the room, her heart leapt into her throat once again.

She had no idea what kind of answer he was about to deliver.

Almost everyone immediately turned their eyes to him.

But Rowan only looked at Lemira, his tone surprisingly gentle. "I finished the examination. We found a slight issue."

Lemira frowned. "What kind of slight issue?"

Thaddeus Draven chimed in, "Whatever equipment or resources you need, just name it."

Rowan cast a sideways glance at Orion Everhart. "Mrs. Amanda isn't suffering from a severe natural illness. She was poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

Lemira was stunned. That kind of dramatic sabotage sounded like a plotline from a vintage soap opera, not something that happened in modern daily life.

She had assumed Amanda had contracted some sort of acute disease; she never expected foul play.

For some reason, the very first suspects that popped into Lemira's mind were the Sinclair family.

After all, the Sinclairs had ruthlessly used the organ donor match as leverage to threaten Amanda just recently.

Rowan continued, "Yes. Aconite-X Toxin is extremely specialized. It's virtually undetectable in standard post-incident toxicology screenings. It only manifests as severe organ failure, with the kidneys taking the brunt of the damage."

Orion stared at Rowan with ice-cold eyes. "If it's normally undetectable, how did you find it?"

Lemira had the exact same question.

Amanda was staying in the Everhart family's private hospital, surrounded by an elite, top-tier medical team. It seemed impossible that they wouldn't have noticed something so critical.

Rowan answered with calm composure, "That is something the Everhart family needs to investigate internally. While this toxin is designed to evade detection, it isn't entirely invisible if you know what to look for."

Lemira spoke up. "Are you implying there's a problem within the hospital staff? But this is the Everharts' private facility."

Harrison stormed off aggressively with his security personnel in tow.

Tampering with Amanda's health so intimately was something only Amelia could have pulled off.

After all, Amanda would never have guarded herself against her supposed best friend. Whether in her food or her drinks, the opportunities were endless.

Orion's complexion turned ashen, a storm of violent hostility swirling in his eyes. But catching sight of Lemira standing there, he quickly forced his temper down.

He turned away to make a phone call.

Lemira stared at his broad back, a complicated mess of emotions making it impossible for her to say anything comforting.

Who the hell could have predicted that Amanda's kidney failure was actually an orchestrated assassination attempt?

Thaddeus ground his teeth in pure rage. "The Sinclair family is absolute scum. Amanda treated them incredibly well over the years, and this is how those ungrateful bastards repay her."