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Chapter 116 Sue's Plan (Part One)
Sue's condition continued worsening with each passing day. It even came to a point where she couldno longer take care of herself at all. Because of that, Charles had completely lost interest in her andhad no plans to visit her whatsoever. As a matter of fact, he even ordered his servants to have Suemoved out of her place and take her into a relatively remote house. But worst of all, there were only twomaids taking care of her right now.
In order to make sure that Hailey would stop looking into the fact that Sue had been poisoned, Charlesforbade everyone from paying Sue a visit—including Hailey, of course. The way things stood, it wasrather apparent that he had totally given up on Sue already. Apart from that, Mavis steadily andpersistently refused to register Hailey as Kelly's daughter, leaving Hailey feeling extremely irritated andworried. If Sue succumbed to the poison, Hailey knew full well that her chances of being registered asKelly's daughter would be close to none. If it came to that, she would be caught up in an even worsesituation.
"My Lady, I just saw Lacy passing by," Tina reported to Harper as soon as she entered the room. "Lacywent to meet Prime Minister Charles earlier. It appears that Lady Sue's condition has been improvinglately and she wants to see him. But he refused to go and see her."
"She's starting to feel better?" Harper asked, feeling a little surprised. After all, she was well aware ofhow the Nightmare worked. Once a person had been poisoned by it, their body would gradually getweaker. Yet here Tina was, informing her that Sue was getting better. Could it be because Charles hadstopped poisoning Sue that her body was starting to recover? Even Harper had no idea. Still, shethought she should pay her a visit to see for herself and find out what was really happening.
The place where Sue was currently staying in was so quiet and peaceful. With the guards at theentrance fast asleep, a black figure managed to sneak into the house. Who would have thoughtsomeone would come to visit this place this late in the evening?
"Lacy, does he still not want to come here to see me?" Sue asked, her voice sounding so weak. Due tothe poison, she had lost a lot of weight. To make matters worse, she barely ate anything because shehad no appetite. Right now, she was almost just skin and bones, making her look a bit terrifying.
Hearing this, Lacy simply shook her head and replied, "I didn't even get to see him, My Lady. He madeit obvious that he did not want to see me at all. So, I failed to deliver your message to him. Pleaseforgive me for being so useless, My Lady."
Sue's face instantly turned blue with anger. As she gasped for air, she said, "He has really turned intosuch a ruthless person. As if it wasn't bad enough that he left me here despite knowing that I was sick,now he even refused to come and see me!"
Just as she was saying that, the door was suddenly swung open. The two of them were startled by this.But when they realized who the person was, a glimmer of hope appeared in the Sue's eyes.
"Hailey, did you come here to see me?" Sue asked, unable to hide the excitement in her voice.
"Mother, I'm sorry. Father wouldn't let anyone to visit you. I just sneaked in when the guards at the doorfell asleep," Hailey explained while taking off her cloak and taking a seat by the bedside. "Mother, whatare we going to do? It feels like Father has already given up on us and he couldn't care less anymorewhether you live or die. Mother, what are we supposed to do?"
"That's impossible! Your father is not a heartless man! I don't believe it!" Sue exclaimed in utterdisbelief. Up until now, Sue never really believed that her husband would be so ruthless. However, aftereverything that happened recently, she started to realize that Charles was a more ruthless person thanshe originally thought.
"Mother, you can't be so naive. Do you have any idea why you've been sick all this time? Do you knowwhy you have been getting weaker and weaker?" Hailey anxiously said, not having the heart to see hermother be so blind. "It's all because you've been poisoned. To be honest, I was suspecting Harper at
first, so I told Father about it right away. But when I did that, Father simply scolded me. Mother, it wasFather who has been poisoning you. In Father's eyes, you have been reduced to a useless stone. Hewants to get rid of you!"
"No! That's impossible! It isn't true!" Sue yelled out, having a hard time accepting the truth.
"Mother, please pull yourself together. Haven't you already realized what kind of person Father really isafter living with him for all these years? The poison you have in your body is called Nightmare. Anyperson who has been poisoned by it will grow weaker as time passes by and will eventually die withoutshowing any real symptoms. If my memory serves me right, there is someone else who also died ofunexplainable weakness in this mansion!" Hailey explained everything in detail. Seeing her motherunwilling to accept the truth, she was so close to slapping her in the face to wake her up. In Hailey'seyes, Sue should know best just how ruthless Charles could be. That being said, Hailey's mainpurpose for paying her a visit was to ask Sue to help her look for a way to make herself be registeredas Kelly's daughter. If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have bothered coming here at all.
"Kelly!" Sue blurted out, furiously gritting her teeth. It was only then that she finally remembered aperson she had almost completely forgotten about. That was Charles' legal wife, Kelly. More thananyone else, Sue knew full well just how Kelly died. Be that as it might, she never could have imaginedthat she would one day end up in the same situation. "No! I can't accept this!"
"Mother, I can't come to terms with this either. Right now, our top priority should be to change Father'scurrent attitude toward us. Otherwise, there will be no place for us in this mansion anymore." Haileydeliberately described the situation in a way that was much worse than what it really was. "Mother, I nolonger hold any power in this mansion. Right now, Harper is taking care of the family affairs, andGrandma just keeps on trying to protect her all the time. I can feel that Father doesn't like us anymore.If things go on like this, I'm afraid that it won't be long before we're kicked out of the mansion."
"No, no, I won't let us be thrown out. Harper is much too young to be taking over the whole mansion!"Sue angrily remarked before coughing up a little. "Hailey, don't worry about me. When you get back, tryto find a way to tell your father that I'm gravely ill and worried that no one is around to take care of him.Tell him that I want to take some concubines for him before I die."novelbin
When she heard Sue's words, Hailey's eyes lit up. Sue must have come up with a plan already.Nodding her head in agreement, Hailey then said, "Well then, Mother, have a good night's rest. Restassured, I will definitely ask someone to tell Father. My only wish is that Father wouldn't be tooheartless for the sake of the relationship the two of you shared over the years."
"You should head back now. I know him like the back of my hand. As long as he gets my message, hewill surely come to see me," Sue bitterly said. Never would she have expected that the day would comewhere she would be forced to take more concubines for her husband. Was this what they calledkarma?