Chapter 87 - Hallucinatory Drug

Vincent clenched his hand the instant he had closed the door to the room. His jaw tightened, and his gaze was filled with an unstoppable rage. Everyone who walked past shuddered in fear feeling a hostile aura from his body.

Who did it? LS or someone else? How dare they injected hallucinations formula into Catherine! How dare they make the girl he loves have nightmares!

Vincent wouldn't let them go so easily if he found the culprit. After taking a long breath to calm his raging heart, Vincent looked for a quiet place to contact his team members.

On the other hand, in Cathy's room, the twins didn't want to let go of her hug even though Cathy had repeatedly assured them that she was okay.

At first, when Cathy woke up from her strange dream, she almost cried. Because when she was awake, her heart and soul were already feeling devastated to remember what she had seen in her dream.

She remembered that her father did not care about her when her mother was pregnant with twins. Even before Anna was born, her father was cold to her. She felt like her father's affection towards her was lessening because of her sister's coming. Her father never invited her to play outside again like he used to, which in the end, she could only look for her mother.

Unfortunately, her mother, who was about to give birth to twins, had to be hospitalized, making her unable to meet her beloved mother. Her father often scolded her every time she nagged to see her mother in the hospital. She was locked up in the room whenever her father visited the mother who was in the hospital. After her mother died of bleeding, her father's temper got worse.

What hurts the most was when her father slapped her face very hard. She wanted to cry... her heart felt like it was being torn apart.

Why did the dark memories of her father appear simultaneously in such a short time? Why didn't she see any of the good memories she had with her father? Is it possible that she doesn't have happy memories with her father? Is it true that her father didn't love her since she was born?

This thought made her heart crush helpless, and she wished to scream out loud her sorrow.

But, as soon as she saw Vincent's face, or when she saw her younger siblings' disheveled appearance, her coming tears dried up instantly to the point there was no a single trace of her glistened eyes.

This has become a habit. Cathy never cried or showed her weakness in front of other people. No. The right word was she didn't allow herself to look weak in front of others, even more so in front of her younger siblings.

She didn't want to make them worry for her and become sad because of her. In fact, she was the one who was comforting her three sisters right now so that they would stop crying while trying to calm them down. 

Cathy tried to take her mind off her bitter memories so that she wouldn't become weaker and cry. She must be strong for the sake of her siblings.

A few hours later...

"It's late. You better go home. Mister Neels will take you home."

Vincent tried to persuade Cathy's three sisters to go home because it was already late at night. Vincent called his family driver and asked him to drive them home.

"Let the twins go home. I want to be here to accompany my sister." urged Anna.

"I know you're concerned for your sister, but I can't let her be sad to see her sisters fall ill or skip school tomorrow."

"But sister Cathy will be alone..."

"I can ensure you she won't be alone." cut Vincent firmly. "I'll accompany her. I promise your sister will be fine. I won't let anything happen to her."

At first, Anna could not fully trust Vincent. Even though they had met on Pina Island, Anna still considered Vincent just an ordinary acquaintance. Plus, she never heard her sister told her about her closeness to this man.

But seeing the seriousness of this man and the panic when he saw her brother passed out; coupled with the change in her sister's flowery attitude, made her wonder, is it possible... that the man who managed to fill her sister's heart was the man in front of her right now?

Anna remembered her sister's conversation with Vincent earlier. Vincent had often asked her sister to go out together. Does that mean the two of them are already an item? Since when? How far has their relationship gone? Why did her sister hide this from them?

Finally, Vincent managed to persuade Anna and the twins to comply and get into the car before eventually being escorted by Vincent's family driver until they arrived at Red Rosemary.

Vincent returned to Cathy's room and noticed Cathy having a nightmare once again.

Vincent gripped the girl's hand and whispering a soothing word. He hoped that the girl's nightmare would end soon, and any chemical drug's effects inside her body would quickly disappear.

Beep... beep... beep... Beeeeeeeeeeeeep

Vincent immediately pressed the button to call the nurse aware of Cathy's heartbeat weakening and stopping.

Not long after, the female doctor and several nurses entered and tried to save Cathy. Vincent ruffled his hair in frustration while waiting outside the room, without realizing that tears began to stream down his cheeks.

No one knew for how long Vincent waited outside while praying that Cathy was all right. There was a hand tapping his shoulder, giving strength, but Vincent did not raise his head at all to see the owner of the hand on his shoulder. He was too frantic, his body too heavy to even lift his face. He felt powerless, and his chest felt heavy, making his lung tight.

About eighteen years ago, he had felt this kind of sorrow. Since he got the news of the woman's death, he has locked himself in a room for a whole month and has gone on a hunger strike. As a result, his body became thin like walking bones and made his mother cry hysterically.

If neither his mother nor his sister loved him, who never grew tired of trying to bring him back to life, then he wouldn't be the current Vincent himself.

"The girl will be fine." his friend, Frank's voice sounded in his ear. "She's not that woman. And she's not poisoned like that woman. She'll be fine."

Hearing this, his tears were flowing more profusely. Vincent knew... Cathy was not that woman, and he truly knew Cathy's body was not as weak as that woman.

But... the fact that someone was after the girl; the fact that until recently he had not been able to find the culprit; the fact that he again failed to protect the person who was so precious to him made him grieve and despair.

"Vincent... you need to be strong. We are still investigating the culprit, and you know we will never stop looking for them."

Vincent wiped the tears on his cheeks and began to clear his mind. What Frank said was true. There was still hope. Catherine's still fighting in there, and she'll be fine.

Therefore now he was trying to collect the puzzle found in his head.

First, they erased Cathy on the island, with Clarissa, who also happened to be there. LS indirectly acknowledged that they were the ones who erased Cathy's presence.

Second, yesterday he accidentally inhaled hallucinatory gas, which turned out that his blood formula was very similar to Cathy's blood sample after being investigated.

That means the culprit who gave the hallucinatory gas and injection was the same person.

And third, the person who gave him the hallucinatory gas must be someone familiar with the Eastern Wallace residence. That means the culprit was either LS or Martin Paxton and others.

Unfortunately, he still hasn't found a more accurate puzzle about the culprit. In addition, LS was not an organization that hurts people for no reason. Their main goal was only to protect the heir to Paxton's throne. If anyone opposed or threatened Paxton's throne's safety, LS would move.

Since now Benjamin occupies the throne, shouldn't LS follow what Benjamin ordered? Or does Benjie hate Cathy and order LS to harm Cathy? But why? What has Cathy done to make the heir to Paxton's sovereignty against the helpless girl?

"Frank, have you investigated the relationship between Benjie and Cathy?" Vincent once asked his members to investigate what special relationship Benji had with his former young secretary.

"I've been investigating. Nothing special or suspicious. According to the Star Risen staff, Catherine has nothing to do with their CEO. The two of them behave as her boss and secretary. Strangely enough, it's Charlie who treats her very special."

"Charlie? Why?"

Frank sighed, shaking his head.. Before Vincent could say any further, Cathy's door room opened, and the doctor came out, followed by the nurses.