"What are you most afraid of?"
Nicole knew.
She knew that Samuel was most afraid of hurting her if he lost control, but she also knew that Samuel
would not hurt her. Instead, he might hurt himself.
This was Nicole's biggest concern.
Samuel paused when he heard Nicole ask such a childish question.
Nicole came to him before he realized.
"Samuel, don't be afraid. I am with you. Everything's fine."
Nicole held her arms around Samuel without hesitation.
Samuel paused for a second when Nicole hugged him. He was about to push Nicole away before
Nicole quickly grabbed his wrist and said in a soft voice, "It's fine. I'm here. As long as I'm here, I won't
allow anyone to hurt you, not even those bugs. I'll find a way to get bugs out of your body. Samuel, you
can feel me, right? I know you can."
Nicole's voice was soft. It was like an invisible hand softly calming Samuel down.
The golden color around his eyes slowly faded, and he hugged Nicole tightly.
His chest was still in pain, but Samuel felt that he was not alone. He seemed to feel better with Nicole
staying around him.
He said in a hoarse voice, "Nicole, it hurts."
At this time, Samuel was like a child who was helpless and grieved. Nicole felt heartbroken when she
heard Samuel's words.
"You will be better soon. I am with you, Samuel. We are in this together."
She whispered and felt the head on her shoulders getting heavier. The sound of regular breathing
could be heard after a while.
Nicole found that Samuel was asleep.
His brows were furrowed. He might be in pain as he did not sleep quite soundly.
Nicole called someone to lift Samuel onto the bed in the bedroom with her.
Nicole felt very uncomfortable when she saw Samuel's pale face.
She initially thought that the Golden Bug was nothing. They would eventually find a way to get it out of
Samuel's body. But now, it seemed that the Golden Bug could threaten Samuel's life at any time.
When Nicole tucked Samuel in, she noticed the gauze on Samuel's wrist.
It was red with blood.
Nicole felt nervous. She cut the gauze off and discovered that the wound inside was like a knife. She
seemed to have realized something.
She stared at Samuel for a long time before taking out the medical kit and tying up his wound with the
gauze. She then pulled up the sheet for him and walked out.
Nicole took out her phone and called Blair.
"Do you know how to get rid of the Golden Bug? Tell me everything you know."
Blair said somewhat gloomily, "Nicole, it's not that I don't want to tell you. I don't even know how to fight
the Golden Bug. I major in western medicine and know a little bit about Chinese medicine, but what I
learn has nothing to do with bugs. Some doctors at Southby are really good at fighting bugs. However,
they only keep the treatment to themselves. I read the ancient book at the Harper Town last time, but
most parts were beyond my understanding. I barely know anything about bugs. In addition, the Golden
Bug is the ancestor of the bugs. It can be seen as the most poisonous bugs. I can't even figure out a
treatment to the common bug poison, let alone this Golden Bug. You might as well ask Joseph.
Perhaps he knows about bugs more than I do. "
Even though Nicole prepared herself for it, she was still sad and disappointed when she heard what
Blair said.
"I see. Thank you."
Nicole was about to hang up when she heard Blair ask, "Is something wrong with Samuel?"
"Well, he has been in a lot of pain all of a sudden and become irritable. He is just fine."
Nicole did not tell Blair that Samuel's eyes had changed color. She was just a little scared even if he
recovered now.
Samuel seemed to have been possessed by something and turned into someone else.
Blair whispered, "I'll contact some experts in my field, but I can't guarantee that they know something
about it. We need to find someone at the Harper Town or some doctors at Southby who are familiar
with bugs."
Nicole nodded.
Nicole felt a little depressed after hanging up the phone.
Nicole went through a lot recently. Many people got injured all of a sudden.
Zac, Fill and Lucas were all injured. Samuel was also in pain.
It seemed that many people around them had taken some hit from nowhere. Nicole felt that what
happened recently was definitely not an accident.
Major was behind all of these incidents.
Nicole felt that Major could always pose a threat to them regardless of whether she and Samuel went
to the Harper Town or what they wanted to do.
This person was like a mouse, hiding in a dark corner and attempting to make a sudden attack at them.
They could be safe only if they took Major down, which could also buy Samuel some time to fight the
Golden Bug.
Therefore, Major had to die!
Or Major had to be put behind bars.
But what she could do with Major in Country F?
She couldn't go to Country F to arrest Major and send him back home.
Even if she could enter Country F, she might not be able to have Major arrested.
After all, she did not know who the king of F Country was, nor did she know why he was so protective
of Major.
Many secrets remained unsolved. Going to F Country could be suicidal. However, they could do
nothing if they didn't go there.
Nicole didn't know how things were going with Emory. However, even Mr. Shaw was placed under
house arrest because of what happened at the Harper Town. Although nothing happened to the Don
family, Uncle Mark was sent abroad to carry out a mission and was not heard of since.
Nicole now realized that what she and Samuel had was under tight control. What they faced now was a
dead end.
This was a death trap specifically targeted at her and Samuel.
Once they did something, or something happened, even the people around them would be affected.
What happened to Tim could suggest that.
Only now did Nicole realize that in Tim's lead poisoning case, the aim was not to take Tim down, but to
keep him away from what happened to her and Samuel.
Nicole was not stupid. When she cleared her mind and thought things through, she soon figured out
why they hurt her and Samuel and people around them.
They intended to force Nicole and Samuel to surrender to them.
Major's connections were really powerful if all of these people had something to do with him.
Now, if she and Samuel wanted to escape from this dead end, the only way out was to take down
Major.
Nicole frowned.
It was not easy to take down Major.
The wind blew in through the floor-to-ceiling window, and Nicole's mind was clear temporarily.
Zac was sent back at this time.
Samuel was still asleep, and Nicole went out to pick him up.
Even though she prepared herself for it, Nicole was still shocked when she saw Zac.
Zac looked very pale, and his neck was heavily wrapped. His brows were furrowed even though he
was unconscious, as if he could not believe that Petty would attack him.
Nicole sighed and said, "Find a good nurse to take care of him. Make sure nothing goes wrong."
"Yes."
Someone took Zac away.
Nicole checked on Lucas again. Lucas was not awake, but his vitals were stable.
After Nicole finally came out, she unconsciously came to Ysabel's room.
Ysabel was very surprised when Nicole came to see her.
"Hello?"
"Hi."
Nicole nodded and sat down in Ysabel's room.
She didn't know what to say to Ysabel, but she felt that she could calm her down for a while in this
room.
Ysabel thought that Nicole would say something to her, but Nicole just sat there and said nothing after
she came in. It seemed that she was either thinking about something or just freeing her mind.
Ysabel knew nobody here. She was even more helpless after what she did to Fill. She was worried and
scared every day. She feared that those people who worked for Fill would kill her someday.
Seeing that Nicole didn't say anything, Ysabel felt a little concerned.
"What brings you here?"
She asked cautiously.
Only then did Nicole begin to say something. She shook her head, "Nothing. I'm just here to clear my
mind. By the way, we have found the person who killed Dennis and it's not you."
Ysabel relieved when she heard this.
"Thank you. I would be seen as a murderer if it weren't you."
Ysabel knew that she was actually up to something when she came here, and that was why some
people here held a hostile attitude to her. However, she would never admit something she didn't do.
She really didn't kill Dennis.
Nicole looked at Ysabel and felt that this woman had a moral line she would never cross. She still had
a soft spot for other people except Fill.
Perhaps she also felt sorry about Fill.
"Do you know Whitney?"
Ysabel stunned for a moment when she heard that name, and shook her head.
"Jarrod said that he sent me here because I looked like someone. Therefore, he said that he was
certain that Fill would not kill me. It was Fill who told me something about Whitney, but I really am not
her."
Nicole paused when she heard Ysabel's words.
She looked at Ysabel in front of her and suddenly asked, "How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
Ysabel felt a little sad.
She had just turned eighteen and thought that she was an adult. She believed that she could marry
Jarrod as a gift for her adulthood. She did not expect that her wish was finally shattered.
Nicole frowned.
If Whitney was still alive, she should be twenty-seven or twenty-eight by now. Ysabel was only
eighteen. Nicole wondered Ysabel and Whitney might be siblings.
After all, Whitney was just about twenty years old when she died. At that time, Whitney's parents could
still give birth to another child.
After Whitney died, it was not impossible for the two of them to have another child. However, how could
their child get lost if they valued her that much?
Nicole was confused, but she felt that she should dig deeper into Ysabel's real identity.
She hurriedly left Ysabel's room and said to someone, "Send someone to find out if Whitney's parents
gave birth to another child after Whitney died. I need to know the result as soon as possible."
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