It took Carla almost twenty minutes to let Venus finish the potion. She put away the bottle immediately and whispered, "Venus, don't be afraid. Mommy is here and will protect you…"
"Ms. Lierger, Benard is coming with his men. We have to leave at once. If not, we will land ourselves in hot soup!" Freda reminded her apprehensively.
Carla let go of Venus's hand reluctantly and gave her one last glance before she got out of the ward through the window.
"Stop!" Bugara rushed into the ward and was about to lash out when he spotted a figure near the window. At that very moment, Rogan turned to look at him. When Bugara caught a glimpse of her, he held his tongue at once.
"What's the matter?" By the time Benard rushed into the ward, Rogan's figure was already out of sight.
"Nothing. Everything is fine, " Bugara replied at once.
Benard did not sense anything amiss after scanning the room. Hence, he only advised Bugara, "Keep your guard up. We can't take the risk to let anything happen to Venus."
"I get it." Bugara nodded respectfully.
In the meantime, Carla hopped into the car with Freda and Rogan.
Unable to hold back any longer, Freda wailed, "Ms. Lierger, that is the potion to prolong your lifespan. You have to take a bottle once a week to hinder the poison from erupting in your body. Now that you have used up two bottles. What are we supposed to do if anything happens to you?"
"Huh? You have used another bottle too?" Rogan was stupefied.
"I will still be fine without the medicine, yet their lives will be at risk without it. After all, Daemon won't let anything happen to me, " Carla retorted.
"Ms. Lierger…" Freda was at a loss for words.
"According to Mr. Lierger, there are no extra bottles of potion. Since you have used up two bottles, you will need to bear with it for the following two weeks. I'm worried that you won't be able to take it…" Rogan's voice quivered.
"Enough of that. I know what to do!" Carla cut her off and instructed, "Give Bugara a call now. I need to have further details about Venus's condition."
"I don't have his contact number…" Rogan blushed as she refuted sheepishly.
"Don't try to bluff me!" Carla snapped at her coldly. "Do you think that you can hide anything from me? I know both of you are keeping in touch with each other secretively."
"I…" Rogan tried to give an excuse. Intimidated by Carla's penetrating gaze, she could only admit in embarrassment, "We are just having a chat on the car racing skills. Other than that, we have never spoken about anything else. Ms. Lierger, we remind ourselves that we must be faithful to you and Mr. Giblo, respectively."
"Of course, Ms. Lierger never doubts that. If not, she won't turn a blind eye to it. We only need your help to ask him about Ms. Venus's condition. Anyway, this is not considered as betraying Mr. Giblo!" Freda glared at her and pinched her on the arm.
"All right." Rogan tried to call Bugara.
Bugara only answered the call after quite a while. "Hello." he was apparently trying to lower down his volume.
"Hey, how's the condition of Ms. Venus at the moment?" Rogan asked him directly.
"How dare you question me? Don't you know that you almost scared me to death just now? If Benard happened to see that just now, I would surely face his wrath again…"
"Stop babbling." Carla snatched Rogan's phone and asked Bugara desperately, "Tell me, how was Venus poisoned? What did the doctor say?"
"Ah! Ms. Lierger…" Bugara recognized Carla's voice and hid in one of the corners hurriedly. He lowered his voice and explained, "The doctors discovered a rare snake venom in Ms. Venus's body. They presumed that it was either from the food or water she had taken. At the moment, we are still in the midst of the investigation."
"Then…" Carla opened her mouth again.
"Bugara, what are you doing? Get over here at once!" All of a sudden, she heard Benard calling out for him.
"I'm coming!" Bugara darted toward him without hanging up. "Benard, what's the matter?"
Benard urged him by saying, "I want you to lead a few men to bring Dr. Feroma here from Phoenix City. He's the only one who can save Venus at the moment. Brandy has arranged for a private jet. You have to head to the airport now. Hurry up!"
"Noted. I will go now!" Bugara replied at once.
The sound of footsteps in haste was audible from the other end of the line. A few seconds later, Bugara's voice sounded again. "Ms. Lierger, I'm on my way to look for Dr. Feroma now. I have to hang up now. Don't worry. All of us are trying to save Venus by all means."
"Dr. Feroma? This name sounds familiar…" Carla murmured in bewilderment. Somehow, her gut instinct told her that this Dr. Feroma was someone she had met before.
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