LIFE AFTER PRISON - Season 4 Episode 60

Zachariah felt emotional as he looked at the family-less old man who had devoted more than thirty years of his young life to the Ballards. “Worry not. I’m fine. Mister Severin said that I was poisoned, and most of the poison in my body had been forced out. He’ll give me an herbal prescription for us in a bit, and I just need to boil the herbs into a drink!”

The old butler breathed a sigh of relief and said to Severin, “Thank you, Mister Severin!” Severin, who had been secretly paying attention to the servants, smiled at the old butler and said, “You’re most welcome. Sheila and I are friends, so it’s only right that I help her out!”

He then asked someone to take out the paper and pen, wrote down the prescription, and handed it to the old butler so he could arrange for someone to get the necessary herbs.

“Sir, how could you be poisoned when you’ve been at home all this time?” The old butler could not help but ask Zachariah as he tried to think of what could possibly cause the poisoning.

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Zachariah felt mixed emotions in his heart and he did not want to say anything more. He merely waved his hands and said, “It’s been a trying time for everyone, so please don’t worry too much. I’m fine, and you may all go back to your respective duties!”

“Understood!” The old butler then went out along with servants and other members of the Ballards.

After taking a few steps, however, Severin pointed directly at the middle-aged woman he had been observing earlier and said, “You there! Stop!”

She trembled slightly in fright and then said in a panic, “Yes, sir…is something the matter?” Sheila was also taken aback and did not know why Severin would suddenly yell at their servant Lena. “What are you doing? Lena has worked many years for our family!”

Severin immediately smiled and said, “Nothing. She just happened to drop something!”

Severin picked up a purse from the ground, walked over, and handed it to her. “You dropped this!”

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“Thank you, sir!”

Lena felt a cold sweat in her heart and did not notice that her purse had fallen out. She earlier thought that Severin had discovered what she did and was frightened as a result, but it all seemed to be a false alarm.

“No thanks necessary. It’s the right thing to do!” Severin smiled, looking as harmless as a dove.

Lena took the wallet and walked out quickly.

Severin waited until Lena had left before telling Zachariah, “Tell someone to keep an eye on Lena. I suspect that she’ll leave the Ballards very soon! Make sure someone’s always tailing her where she goes!”

“Wait a minute!” Zachariah was a little confused for a moment and asked Severin, “Didn’t you say that my poisoning is related to that wooden chair? Why are you telling me to send someone to keep an eye on her? Do you think she has something to do with it?”

Severin smiled wryly. “Your wooden chair was soaked in poison before it was mailed, so there’s no absolving your brother of being involved in your poisoning.” After a pause, Severin said, “But the poison isn’t very powerful, and if you use the wooden chair as a medium to slowly volatilize the poison, it wouldn’t enter your body as quickly as it would otherwise. That being said, there is a kind of sandalwood incense that would cause any poison that entered your system to have a quicker effect.”

“Gasp!” Zachariah took a deep breath after hearing that.

Severin looked at the other party’s expression and knew that Zachariah believed him. He nodded. “When I was treating you in your room earlier, I smelled a faint fragrance that is very unique. It might be fine to use the incense on its own, but it is extremely deadly if mixed with the poisonous gas emitted from your wooden chair!”