In Glendale.
At this moment, Jeremy was accompanying his youngest son, who was learning to walk, when suddenly, he received a call from Fabian.
He did not see it wrongly as his phone screen had clearly displayed Fabian’s name.
Fabian had long ago blacklisted his number. The sudden call from Fabian now gave Jeremy an uneasy feeling.
He had this feeling earlier because when he had phoned Madeline, no one picked up his calls.
Currently, Fabian took the initiative to call him. Jeremy was certain that something must have happened to Madeline.
Jeremy picked up the call without hesitation, and immediately heard Fabian’s deep voice from the other side of the call.
“Does your wife have any disease?”
Hearing this made Jeremy think of the poison in Madeline’s body.
‘The fourth stage of the poison must have flared up!
“Fabian, what happened to Linnie? Tell me quickly! ” Jeremy pressed Fabian with questions. Without him realizing it, his grip became stronger.
Pudding, who was being held by Jeremy, stared at him with his big eyes. His little face put on a look in a grievance, and he seemed about to cry.
“Daddy…”
He called out to Jeremy in a brittle voice, but this moment, Jeremy’s attention was focused on the phone, and he had forgotten that he was still holding onto his son’s hand.
Fabian’s voice came from the other end of the line.
“She’d fainted two hours ago, and when she woke up, she started muttering nonsense.
“She said, ‘Jeremy, I really didn’t do it.’
“She even said, ‘Jeremy, please believe me, even if it’s just once.”’
Upon hearing Fabian’s explanation, Jeremy felt as if his heart was suddenly being crushed by something unseen, a type of endless, painful sensation that
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