\u201cDoes Lucius know the boy you\u2019re looking for is my brother?\u201d Haskell asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trudy hesitated, but meeting Haskell\u2019s bottomless gaze, she answered in a trembling voice, \u201c\u2026He probably does.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She quickly added, \u201cBut he must have just found out! When I called him about it yesterday, he sounded very pleased and had someone wire me ten million dollars as a bonus. I didn\u2019t understand why at the time, but looking back, he must have realized the person I was looking for was your brother\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell said nothing more. So, Lucius had only just found out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crispin, who had been waiting silently, spoke up. \u201cSir, following the lead on Trudy, I uncovered another secret.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He paused, his expression grim. \u201cThis so\u2013called finishing school of hers is not what it seems. On the surface, it trains women who want to climb the social ladder. But behind the scenes, the dealings are much filthier. Many of the girls are forced into transactions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seemed Trudy was connected to what Nightveil had discovered about Lucius developing a potent aphrodisiac to use on innocent young women.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa\u2019s eyes turned cold. She looked at Haskell. \u201cI doubt we\u2019ll get any more useful information about your brother from her. What are you going to do with her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you ask, Larissa?\u201d Haskell countered. \u201cDo you want to deal with her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa nodded, a determined glint in her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. I want to use her to test my poisons. She\u2019s the perfect subject.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She needed to test her creations, and while she usually used rats, the results were never as reliable as with a human subject. Here was a wicked woman who deserved a thousand deaths. For what her mother had done, death was too merciful. And for what Trudy herself had done for Lucius, she deserved to suffer a fate worse than death.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trudy froze. Test poisons? What did that mean?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTest poisons?\u201d Haskell was surprised by the suggestion but quickly recovered. \u201cFine. She\u2019s all yours.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trudy tried to beg for mercy, but Crispin stuffed a cloth in her mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCrispin, please bring her to my car when I leave,\u201d Larissa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Crispin had taken Trudy away, Larissa asked, \u201cThe trafficker was clearly murdered. Perhaps your mother managed to make an emergency call before she died and saved your brother. Haskell, have you thought about who your mother might have called in her final moments?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell considered it. \u201cMy maternal grandparents died early, and my mother was an only child. Everything she achieved, she did on her own.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 578\u00a0<\/p>\n
He seemed to recall something. \u201cIf there was anyone who would have gone to such lengths for her\u2026 it might have been the man whose life she once saved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa took Rigby\u2019s file from her bag and handed it to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaskell, if you\u2019re free tomorrow, come with me to meet this man, Rigby. I suspect he\u2019s your brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 579\u00a0<\/p>\n
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