The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2077

Yolanda clearly didn't have the clout or the resources, but who could it be? Arabella pondered deeply.

"I checked the local surveillance and spoke to some of the townsfolk. A witness claimed to have seen someone heading towards Stone's residence. I went to Nelson and we sketched out a portrait based on the witness's description of the guy's features. Take a look; do you recognize him?" Grandpa Beck sent her the hand-drawn image as he spoke.

Arabella opened the image and saw a drawing of a man wearing a black ski mask and a black baseball cap, tall and skinny in build.

"Stinger?" Arabella was surprised.

Grandpa Beck was even more taken aback, "You know him? Who's Stinger?"

Arabella recounted the incident where Jack had held the auction house owner at gunpoint, and the man in the sketch closely resembled the description of Stinger, especially the sharp, piercing eyes that seemed devoid of any human emotion, cold as a hitman's.

"If I'm not mistaken, he's Erik's right-hand man. Before Erik died, he left a phone with Serena, which probably has Stinger's contact details. So, Stinger must be secretly working for Serena," Arabella speculated.

Upon hearing her analysis, Grandpa Beck was even more surprised. "So, you're saying that Serena saw the news, knew that Attlee and Olga were executed, guessed that Yolanda harbored hatred, and wanted to use Yolanda to get rid of you?"

"It's very likely. Now we just need to catch the Stinger to unveil the truth," Arabella said, then thanked Grandpa Beck for helping her investigate despite his age, urging him to rest more and not risk probing into these dangerous matters.

But Grandpa Beck couldn't help asking, "If we catch Stinger and he admits that Serena wanted you gone, what do you plan to do with Serena?"

Without a second thought, Arabella blurted out, "She wanted to kill me; why would I go easy on her?"

The caller paused for a moment before adding, "Since your identity as a miraculous healer is known to all, it's common knowledge that you're skilled in medicine. Yolanda feared ordinary poison wouldn't kill you, so she asked for something stronger. The person brought her a packet of 'Seven Orifices Hemorrhage,' claiming that once ingested with water, it would cause severe pain and lead to death by bleeding from all orifices within three hours."

Arabella calmly asked, "Did Yolanda say who this person was? Why would they help her?"

"She said that he just told her he was an enemy of yours too, wanting you dead even more than she did, but he couldn't act openly. Yolanda also mentioned that every time they met, he wore a black ski mask and a black baseball cap, only revealing that he was a man, slim and about two heads taller than her, with a young-sounding voice. Most importantly, he had a scar about two inches long on the back of his left hand."

"Alright, got it," Arabella hung up the phone.

All the evidence pointed towards Stinger now. If they could apprehend him and find the scar on his hand, and if he admitted to working for Serena, the whole truth would come to light.