Chapter 5
Three days later, Eden and his group packed up to return.
At that moment, a delivery driver knocked on the door.
“Package for Ms. Jones.”
Just then, his assistant Damon burst in, panicked: “Mr. Blackwood! Your wife was in a car accident! She’s in emergency surgery right now!”
Verna immediately asked urgently, “What? But the babies are okay, right?”
The delivery driver hadn’t left yet. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but comment.
“I saw a pregnant woman get hit by a car yesterday too. Heard she was carrying sextuplets. One crash, seven deaths. Terrible tragedy.”
As he handed over the package, a putrid stench hit them.
The group gathered around, frowning in confusion.
Verna covered her nose in disgust. “What is this? Who sent it?”
“Is this someone’s sick prank?”
Verna shoved the package into Eden’s hands, making him open it.
Eden’s hand shook, and the box slipped to the floor.
The lid flipped open, revealing what was inside.
AHHH!”
Verna screamed in horror, and everyone else turned pale at the sight.
“Is that…?”
The moment they realized what lay before them sank in, everyone gasped.
Eden stared at the thing by his feet, frozen in place. Seconds later, he lunged at the delivery driver.
“This can’t be real! This isn’t possible!”
“Where is she? Where’s Nimue Rovella right now?”
The driver looked baffled. “Nimue Rovella? I don’t know anyone by that name.”
Eden released him, forcing himself to calm down. His face darkened-he knew I’d discovered everything.
That was why the package had been sent-an intentional provocation.
“These aren’t my children. And Nimue Rovella is definitely not dead!”
Eden pulled out his phone and started calling me frantically.
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Verna knocked the box from her hands, screaming in fury.
“If Nimue’s dead, what about MY children?! She’s so fucking useless-couldn’t she at least wait until they were born before dying?! And she
dares send me THIS?!”
Her face was ghostly white, still trembling with shock.
The friends around her joined in the tirade.
“She was already seven months along! Just three more months and the babies would’ve been viable! Now it’s all wasted!”
“Why’d she have to get in an accident now? Six babies, gone. What a waste.”
“And the betting pool we set up-we all lost money now!”
“Yeah, seriously. Hey, you think she sent these because she found out the babies weren’t actually hers?”
“She definitely knew.”
Their chatter grated on Eden’s nerves.
His calls went unanswered, panic creeping in.
He roared: “SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU!”
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