Chapter 608
When Melody, Rodney, and Seventeen arrived at the hospital room door, it was already packed with medical staff. There was no way they could squeeze in, so they could only hear the sounds coming from inside.
After all, if Miranda were to suddenly die here, the staff on this floor would be held accountable.
Fortunately, Oliver knew that too many people couldn’t crowd around during an emergency, and he shouted loudly, “Everyone who can’t help, get out and find Dr. Knowles!”
As soon as he said that, the crowd dispersed quickly, leaving only a few people working on Miranda and Oliver himself.
Melody, however, noticed a girl huddled in the corner of the room.
It was none other than Charlotte.
But at this moment, Charlotte had completely lost her usual arrogance. Her face was as pale as the walls, and her expression was filled with panic and terror.
Melody did not go into the room but stayed at the door, observing the situation inside.
This was a hospital, and there were plenty of doctors skilled in emergency care. Unless absolutely necessary, she did not need to intervene, as it might only complicate matters.
Oliver, clearly oblivious to Charlotte’s presence, was anxiously watching the team working on Miranda, looking as if he wished he could somehow bear the shock for her.
“What’s her condition right now? Is it due to high blood pressure?” he asked urgently.
“No,” a doctor shook his head. “It looks like symptoms of poisoning. We’ve already taken blood samples for testing. She had also been given an emetic before you arrived, but it didn’t help at all… We’ll have to wait for the blood test results to determine what kind of poison she might have ingested.”
“Poisoned? How could she get poisoned in a hospital? And she was supposed to be fasting before the surgery. She couldn’t have eaten anything by mistake…” Oliver’s face turned a dark shade of anger.
“Well… we don’t know,” the doctor replied, then quickly took over from another doctor to continue performing CPR.
Oliver didn’t want to disturb the doctors, so he turned to the head nurse for answers. “When did this happen? Out of nowhere, why would she suddenly be poisoned? She wouldn’t disobey me and eat something carelessly.”
“When did this happen? Why would she suddenly be poisoned for no reason? She couldn’t have disobeyed me and eaten casually.”
The head nurse spoke tremulously, “About ten minutes ago. Everything was fine before that. When I got your call and came to inform Mrs. Wallrich that you were on your way, she seemed a bit nervous but otherwise was fine. It wasn’t until someone pressed the call button that we discovered she had already gone into shock…”
Oliver quickly asked, “Who pressed the call button?”
The person who pressed the button might know something.
The head nurse looked up and fixed her gaze on Charlotte.
Oliver followed her gaze and, upon seeing Charlotte cowering in the corner, his already furrowed brows tightened even more.
“It was you?” he demanded.
In the next moment, he strode over and yanked Charlotte by the collar, interrogating her. “Did you poison your grandmother?”
“No… it wasn’t me,” Charlotte stammered, her face pale with fear.
She had seen Oliver angry before, but compared to now, his previous outburst was nothing.
She had never seen Oliver look so terrifying as if he might kill her.
“Not you? How dare you deny it,” Oliver said, his voice trembling with anger. “Why is it so coincidental? You just happen to visit her, and she goes into shock. Is there such a thing as coincidence in the world? I’ll tell you this. If your grandmother doesn’t make it, you can expect to be buried with her.”
Although Charlotte was his granddaughter, his two children were adopted, and Charlotte herself was not related by blood.
Even though he had watched Charlotte grow up, she was obviously less important than his wife.
If his wife could not be saved, he would certainly follow through on his threat.
Of course, Charlotte was unaware that she was not truly Oliver’s granddaughter.
The head nurse beside them was stunned for a moment before finally reacting and reminding Oliver. “Mr. Wallrich, what’s most important right now is not to assign blame. The priority is to determine what poison was used so the doctors can treat it properly. If we delay any further, it might be too late…”
“Yes, exactly. Miss Wallrich, you need to speak up. If you don’t tell the truth, someone might really die. This is your own grandmother.”
The other doctors chimed in.
“It really wasn’t me…” Charlotte sobbed. “I didn’t do anything to my grandmother. I had just entered the room and hadn’t even had a chance to greet her before I saw her vomiting. That’s when I immediately pressed the call button. Grandpa, believe me. I’m telling the truth. I won’t lie…”
Oliver hesitated upon hearing this.
Seeing Oliver release his grip on her collar, Charlotte quickly continued, “Grandpa, it really wasn’t me. Grandma has always been so good to me. Why would I poison her? Besides, you froze my card. I had to come here on foot. I don’t have any money to buy poison.
“And another thing. I came to see Grandma to get her to persuade you to change your mind and not kick me out of the house. Believe me. I’m even more worried about Grandma than you are.”
Oliver frowned deeply, lost in thought.
Indeed, even though Charlotte could be arrogant, she wouldn’t resort to murder, especially killing her grandmother who had always favored her.
If anything happened to Miranda, Charlotte would be forever cut off from the Wallrich family.
She had no motive for the crime.
The head nurse spoke up, “Mr. Wallrich, Miss Wallrich might truly be innocent. When I arrived, I saw her trying to help Mrs. Wallrich. If she were the poisoner, she wouldn’t have pressed the call button or stayed at the scene. I believe the real culprit must be someone else.”
“Grandpa…” Charlotte’s eyes were red. “It really wasn’t me.”
Oliver took a deep breath and said, “Maybe it wasn’t you, but you still can’t avoid suspicion. I’m calling the police right now.”
Charlotte’s eyes widened in disbelief at her grandfather’s harshness.
She glared at Oliver, saying coldly, “Old fool, I’ve said it wasn’t me, and it wasn’t me. Am I crazy enough to commit murder? Even if I were to kill someone, it wouldn’t be her but you, the stubborn old man.”
Charlotte’s true nature showed, making Oliver nearly lose his composure.
Being over fifty himself and having high blood pressure, he clutched his chest and gasped for air while saying, “Call the police
immediately. And then tie her up.”
“Yes…” The head nurse hurriedly went to call the police.
At that moment, a calm, cold voice interrupted from the doorway. “Wait.”