Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Chapter 334: Mystery

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Old Madam Barker!

It was Old Madam Barker!

Samantha’s eyes widened suddenly and she subconsciously covered her mouth.

Although the old lady’s health had been unwell at times, most of it was caused by her bad mood. It would be fine as long as she was well taken care of.

Essentially speaking, Old Madam Barker’s body and bones were still very tough.

Why would she be in such a condition?

From Samantha’s experience, the expression on Old Madam Barker’s face was practically an extension of death!

She could not control her own thoughts at all and forgot everything in an instant as she raised her feet subconsciously and followed the hospital bed.

The doctors and nurses pushed the bed through the crowd towards the operating room.

Samantha kept pace and her heart was in a complete mess as she stared intently at the unconscious old lady.

The hospital bed was finally pushed into the operating room and Samantha had to stop in front of the door. She watched as the door to the operating room slammed shut and the red light above it came on.

Her feet seemed to be rooted to the ground and she was unable to move.

After about a few minutes, there were footsteps from behind.

Samantha felt as if she had just woken up from a dream and her heartbeat quickened.

Old Madam Barker could not have come alone; she had to have been sent by someone, and any one of those people knew who she was!

She could not let herself be seen by anyone who knew her!

Samantha subconsciously wanted to turn around and avoid it but it was already too late. An extremely surprised voice came from behind, “Ms... Ms. Larsson?”

Samantha’s body froze and she neither turned her head nor responded.

Aunt Julia took a few steps forward, got closer to her, and continued to ask, “Is that…you, Ms. Larsson?”

Samantha clenched her hands hard as they hung on both sides of her body. She hesitated and struggled for a few seconds, but in the end, she turned around slowly and raised her eyes to look at Aunt Julia. She greeted her, “Aunt Julia.”

After being greeted, Aunt Julia covered her lips with both hands, and her eyes were filled with tremendous shock. Tears soon started welling up.

Aunt Julia moved her lips, but could not say anything and rushed forward and hugged Samantha.

It was as if Samantha was the only piece of driftwood that could be hugged.

Samantha’s eyes could not help but turn red.

Old Madam Barker and Aunt Julia treated her with sincerity. They both cared for and doted on her, so she felt no averseness toward them because they truly loved her.

She lifted her arms and hugged Aunt Julia too.

It took a while for Aunt Julia to finally calm down. She released Samantha gently and looked up while wiping away the tears. Still staring at Samantha in disbelief, she then reached out to touch her cheeks and jaw.

Samantha was initially rather sad, but Aunt Julia’s actions amused her and she burst out chuckling.

She did not stop Aunt Julia from feeling her either.

After Aunt Julia touched her chin, she lowered her head to look at Samantha’s feet to check if there were any shadows below.

Once everything was confirmed, Aunt Julia hugged Samantha again, “Ms. Larsson, you’re really alive. I thought... I thought I saw a ghost.”

“I was…worried you came to bring the old lady away. Thank goodness…”

The moment she saw Samantha’s figure earlier, she was so frightened that her heart nearly stopped beating.

Samantha patted the back of her hand lightly and comforted. “Don’t be afraid. I’m not dead at all. I’m living quite well and Grandma will be fine too!”

When the old lady was mentioned, Aunt Julia could not stop her tears again. “I don’t know what happened to the old lady.”

She straightened up, looked up at the closed door of the operating room, and said worriedly, “If... If...”

“There is no ‘if’,” Samantha interrupted Aunt Julia’s words with a firm tone. She said it to her and herself.

Aunt Julia was so panicked that she doubted her judgment, but when she saw Samantha here, she seemed to have had someone to rely on again and was no longer that chaotic.

Samantha led Aunt Julia to sit down on a nearby bench and took out a tissue from her bag to hand it over. “Take a deep breath.”

Aunt Julia nodded, took the tissue and wiped her tears, then finally took several deep breaths.

Seeing that her mood had calmed down, Samantha asked, “Aunt Julia, what happened to Grandma?”

Aunt Julia looked up at her with an extremely saddened expression. “During the past three years, the old lady’s health has been getting worse and worse. A few days ago... they had another argument because…Mr. Barker wanted...to remarry. The old lady was so angry that she slipped into a coma and had been taking medicine to recuperate. The doctor also prescribed a special medicine, but it didn’t seem to help either. When I wiped the old lady’s body today, she suddenly woke up, and I was really glad she did.”

“But in the next second, she suddenly started vomiting a large amount of blood and I was so frightened that I called the ambulance and had her rushed to the hospital.”

“I don’t know what’s going on right now, and I’m scared... I’m scared the old lady might not be able to make it.”

She clenched her hands tightly in the end.

The more Samantha listened, the tighter her frown became.

She said puzzledly, “How could her health worsen so much?”

Aunt Julia looked at her with tears in her eyes and hesitated to speak.

Samantha’s heart sank slightly when she saw that. She had probably been able to guess that the answer was related to her and it was something she did not want to hear.

In the end, she still said, “Please tell me, Aunt Julia. I want to know.”

Aunt Julia gulped a few times and said truthfully, “Ms. Larsson… When she heard about your divorce from Mr. Barker three years ago and the news of your death, she went to argue with Mr. Barker but to no avail. At that moment, she seemed to have turned pale in an instant. She has been unable to let go of what happened even after so many years. She felt that...she was the one who murdered you. She believed that you would not have died that miserably if she hadn’t insisted on pairing you with Mr. Barker. It was difficult for her to sleep and her mental state has been very poor. Even though she had been taking medicine and getting treated, things have not improved and it became a vicious circle…”

Samantha’s fingertips trembled slightly.

It was practically the same as what she had guessed.

She spoke again in an extremely confused tone, “But, doesn’t Timothy…care at all when Grandma’s like this?”

Timothy loved the old lady deeply, and if she was in ill health, he would be willing to spend all his money to get Old Madam Barker the best treatment.

Although Aunt Julia was nothing but a mere servant who should not be speaking ill of her employer, she could not help it and cried, “Mr. Barker has completely changed. All he thinks about is that vixen, Harmony. He doesn’t care about the old lady at all and it’s as if she’s an outsider. The old lady was so heartbroken, and during the past three years, she rarely met Mr. Barker and spoke to him.”

Samantha never expected something like that would happen.

She knew how filial Timothy was. Three years ago, he hated her with such vengeance but was willing to put on a facade with her for Old Madam Barker’s sake.

Even if he clashed with the old lady because of his divorce, he would never ignore her poor health!

Why did he have to be heartless to his own grandmother just because he was heartless toward her?

Was Timothy still Timothy?

The more Samantha thought about it, the more puzzling and odd she found it to be. What kind of mystery was shrouding Timothy?

Just as Samantha was in deep confusion, she heard footsteps from the corridor ahead.

When she raised her eyes subconsciously, she saw a man’s tall figure walking in her direction.

Samantha’s heartbeat sped up when she looked right at his face.

Timothy had arrived!