Uncovering My Wife's Secrets (Annalise and Julian) novel Chapter 204

“If it’s not a stroke, then what is it?” Cassandra Parks asked anxiously. She muttered, “Why aren’t Annalise and the others here yet?” When she heard Annalise Barton’s name again, Gwen Raven was extremely displeased. This woman was really blind to mistake that charlatan for a true doctor. How could Annalise Barton’s medical skills compare to hers?

After checking his pulse, Gwen confirmed Samuel Parks’ condition and said, “Old Mr. Parks has been poisoned.” And he was poisoned by a mixture of at least two colorless and odorless poisons. One was arsenic trioxide, commonly known as arsenic. The other was something she couldn’t discern. “Poisoned?” Everyone was shocked.

“Poisoned? How did he get poisoned?” Cassandra suddenly glared at Abigail Barton with a stern gaze. She was so angry that her entire body was trembling. “Abigail Barton, what have you done? Quick, Gwen, please help me take a look. What do you think we should do?”

“We have to induce vomiting to cleanse out the contents in the stomach immediately. I’ll induce vomiting in Old Mr. Parks first. Then, I’ll perform acupuncture to stabilize his heart meridians while we send him to the hospital for gastric lavage,” Gwen said. She was not very adept at traditional medicine. She was actually bluffing when she said things like “perform acupuncture to stabilize his heart meridians.”

What she said about gastric lavage was true. The best way to treat any food poisoning was to induce vomiting and perform gastric lavage immediately.. “Alright, alright. I’ll have to trouble you then.” Cassandra saw that Gwen was indeed very knowledgeable and immediately asked Gwen to proceed with the treatment.

Upon hearing that Gwen was going to induce vomiting, Abigail’s eyes flickered. She said, “Did you make a mistake, Gwen? How could Grandpa Samuel be poisoned out of the blue?” She had to stall for a little more time. In just a few more minutes, the old creature would be beyond salvation and no miracle healer could help him. “You still dare to speak? I’ll tear you apart!” Cassandra glared at Abigail as if she couldn’t wait to destroy the girl with her eyes.

Abigail continued to pester and stall for time. “Grandaunt Cassandra, I don’t know what happened exactly. I simply took the servant’s tray and poured tea for everyone. I just want the whole family to be happy.” As she spoke, her tears fell.

At this moment, Cassandra did not have the time to pursue accountability from Abigail. She said to Gwen, “Please proceed to induce vomiting immediately.” Gwen was about to reach her hand into Samuel’s throat roughly when Julian Parks rushed over. “What’s wrong with Grandpa?” The next moment, Annalise placed her hand on Samuel’s pulse.

As soon as she checked his pulse, her expression became extremely grim. Without another word, she immediately popped a pill into Samuel’s mouth. It was an Energizing Pill, which had the effect of neutralizing poison. The moment the elixir pill entered Samuel’s mouth, it did not dissolve. His body was still convulsing. Julian held Samuel and said anxiously, “Grandpa, quickly swallow it!”

“Water!” Annalise barked. When Cassandra heard Annalise ask for water, she became extremely anxious and started searching everywhere. Jonathan Woods rushed over and immediately handed Annalise the bottle of mineral water he had taken two sips of. “Here, take this!”

At this point, nobody could be bothered whether someone had drunk from the bottle. Annalise immediately fed Samuel the water. Jane Hiller panicked. “You, you, you! You actually gave Granduncle Samuel water that someone else drank. It’s so unhygienic…” “Shut up!” Annalise said sharply. At this moment, she exuded a peremptory demeanor that frightened Jane so much that she shut her mouth instantly.

When she realized that she had been yelled at by Annalise, a country bumpkin, Jane was about to fly into a rage when Julian shot her a stern look. She was so terrified that she immediately shut her mouth.

Seeing that Annalise was still giving Samuel medication and causing time delay, Gwen immediately said, “Mrs. Parks, this won’t do. You need to induce vomiting immediately and let him undergo gastric lavage.” Annalise did not have the time to listen to Gwen. After she gave Samuel some water, she gripped the underside of Samuel’s jaw between her thumb and index finger and squeezed it hard. With that action, she managed to get Samuel to swallow, and the pill was swallowed with the help of the water.

“Go back and memorize the family rules. You are not allowed to step out of the Hiller family’s house without my permission. Otherwise, you can go overseas and remain there.” Cassandra’s tone became extremely stern.

“Grandma…” Jane stomped her feet petulantly. Sean Hiller’s tone also became stern. “Go at once! Fred, take Jane back!” Fred Hiller dragged Jane away forcefully. Without Jane making a racket, the place was much quieter. Samuel vomited a few more times. Annalise took a tissue and wiped Samuel’s face before reaching out to check his pulse again.

The combination of these two poisons was extremely potent. Samuel’s body would suffer serious damage. It was already very difficult to snatch him from the jaws of death at this point. Fortunately, Annalise had a few Energizing Pills in her pocket at all times. Otherwise, the acupuncture treatment alone would not be able to save his life in time.

There was a pill refiner room in the villa now. When she was free, she had to refine more pills. Annalise would try her best to produce all the pills she knew to refine to stock up for emergency use. When she saw that Samuel had thrown up, Cassandra’s eyes lit up slightly. She asked Annalise softly, “Anna, is it a good thing for him to throw up?” “Yes,” Annalise answered. Gwen looked at Annalise with an expression full of conflicting emotions. Did she really know how to neutralize poison?

How did she know how to use silver needles to induce vomiting? When Gwen saw Jonathan manipulating the ends of the silver needles, she felt that Jonathan must have taught Annalise how to do this on the way here earlier. Otherwise, how could Annalise have such an ability?

Gwen hailed from a family with a long history of medical expertise and studied traditional medicine since she was young. Later, she specialized in modern medicine and studied until she obtained her doctorate. If Gwen herself couldn’t even induce vomiting using silver needles, how was Annalise able to do it? “The silver needles have turned black,” Liam Hiller said suddenly.