Carla's face drained of all color upon hearing this. Mrs. Borah had also turned pale with fright. "That can't be. Doesn't that mean that Miss would…"
"Don't fret." Dr. Feroma reassured, "I only said maybe. According to my experience, there should be hope still, but we must be patient."
"That's good to know." Mrs. Borah's voice sounded choked when she spoke. "Dr. Feroma, Mr. Wigston is no longer with us and Miss is his only surviving child. You must cure her for his sake."
"I will do my best." Dr. Feroma nodded. "You need to be in a good frame of mind when you receive treatment. Relax and don't think too much."
"You're right, Dr. Feroma." Carla was unusually calm. "Mrs. Borah, let's go outside. We shouldn't disturb Dr. Feroma."
Mrs. Borah nodded.
"Wait." Dr. Feroma handed Mrs. Borah a few pouches of herbal medicine. "Her poison can't be neutralized yet, but your illness can be treated. Drink one of these every day for ten to fourteen days. It will greatly improve your health."
"Sure, sure. Thank you so much, Dr. Feroma."
Mrs. Borah took the medicine from him, pleasantly surprised that she herself had benefited from this trip.
"I'll take you to brew the medicine."
Hapilia led Mrs. Borah and Carla to the kitchen.
A great sense of relief flooded Carla. If her poison couldn't be neutralized, at least Mrs. Borah should receive treatment for her illness, so that this trip wouldn't be in vain.
While brewing the medicine for Mrs. Borah, Hapilia cooked dinner at the same time.
Dr. Feroma brought Ladona out and they sat around the stone table for dinner.
The food Hapilia cooked was delicious. Carla ate quite a lot, but her head started to hurt as blood trickled out of her nostrils.
Knowing that it was the poison at work, she covered her nose and ran toward the bathroom.
"Miss…" Mrs. Borah hurried after her.
A frown appeared on Dr. Feroma's face as he watched her retreating figure. He took a bottle of medicinal concoction and passed it to Hapilia, telling her to bring it to Carla.
In the bathroom, Carla was still struggling through the agonizing pain. After drinking the medicine, she passed out immediately.
Mrs. Borah panicked and quickly called Dr. Feroma.
Dr. Feroma simply said, "Let her sleep for now. Letting her continue enduring the pain won't help in finding the cure."
Only then did Mrs. Borah understand. This medicine wasn't to alleviate the pain, but to render her unconscious so that she wouldn't feel any pain.
Mrs. Borah and Hapilia helped Carla wash up and change her clothes, then supported her to lie down on the bed.
Then, Mrs. Borah stayed to guard her. Seeing how weak Carla looked made her heart break.
Hapilia brought some dessert to her, but she had lost her appetite.
That night, Dr. Feroma neither conducted additional examinations on Carla, nor prescribed her any medicine.
Mrs. Borah, on the other hand, received acupuncture on top of drinking some herbal concoction.
…
Meanwhile, Brandy and his men had lost Carla because of the brawl at the train station. After dealing with the attackers, they began inquiring about Carla's whereabouts in Phoenix City.
Brandy called Zayn to report, "Someone was following Miss Wigston and tried to attack her, but our men intercepted in time. From what I could see, they were probably Miss Benday's men."
"Shelley?" Zayn's frowned deeply. "That woman really never learns."
"Miss Benday was so close to marrying you, but then you kicked her to the curb, so she can't accept it. Knowing her temperament, she wouldn't take it lying down." Brandy was never one to mince his words. "Luckily, we were following Miss Wigston, or something would've happened to her at the train station."
"We can't let our guard down just yet. Find her as soon as possible, " Zayn instructed.
"Yes, sir, " Brandy replied. "We've found some clues. If we're not mistaken, Miss Wigston came here to look for a traditional medicine practitioner."
"A traditional medicine practitioner?" Zayn's frown deepened. Could Carla have some kind of hidden illness?
"The doctor seems to be an old friend of Mr. Wigston's. Maybe Miss Wigston brought Mrs. Borah to get treated here?" Brandy didn't mull over it for too long. "Anyway, I'll continue searching. We'll keep them safe."
"Good."
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