Ch. 951..960
Chapter 951
Stanley Batton affectionately ruffled Xyla Quest's hair and looked down at her. "Is it good?"
Xyla nodded.
Zack Cassidy had bought the black pepper flavored steak she liked. The texture was excellent. Not only was the meat tender, but it was also juicy. Xyla liked it a lot. "Have some more, okay?" Stanley said.
With that, he gracefully picked up his knife and fork, and he started to enjoy the delicious food.
When others saw that Stanley was eating, they eagerly picked up their knives and forks, and they started to eat too.
They ate and discussed work over the meeting at the same time. Everyone still seemed serious.
After finishing her steak, Xyla carefully opened a bottle of strawberry milk tea. She drank it while she played with her phone.
Once she finished drinking the milk tea, she felt exhausted.
Hence, she leaned against her chair and was prepared to rest with her eyes closed for a while.
However, she somehow ended up falling asleep without realizing it.
Not long after falling asleep, her body started leaning toward Stanley. Her head landed on his lap.
Stanley, who was concentrating on the meeting, then ruffled her hair affectionately. After that, he looked at everyone solemnly. "Be softer... Don't wake her up."
Xyla's face looked extremely gentle as she slept on his lap.
With just one look, Stanley felt as if his heart was melting.
When everyone heard this, they immediately held their breaths and nodded.
After that, everyone lowered their voices when they spoke.
The meeting went on.
Stanley gently brushed his hand against Xyla's hair while he listened intently to what everyone was saying.
Under the light, the side of Xyla's face looked as perfect as if god himself had shaped it.
Stanley's movement was very, very gentle. It was almost like he was petting an expensive, white Persian cat.
To avoid waking Xyla up and making Stanley angry, everyone lowered their voices as much as they could.
***
At half-past nine, the meeting ended.
Stanley still didn't wake Xyla up.
Instead, he gently carried her in his arms and walked out of the meeting room.
Nobody dared to make a sound.
Zack and the bodyguards even deliberately walked softly as they followed Stanley and Xyla.
After Stanley and his entourage walked away, the crowd in the conference room let out a collective sigh of relief as if they had been set free.
Soon, everyone couldn't resist discussing what just happened.
"Sigh... I was nearly suffocating myself. I kept forcing myself to speak softer. It felt terrible..."
"Yeah. This is the first time I saw our CEO being so protective toward a girl."
Two high-level executives conversed with each other in English.
Right after that, a high-level female executive with blonde hair and blue eyes looked in Stanley's direction with an expression of admiration on her face. "Isn't there a saying in Country Z? One would be too afraid to eat something, but they'd also be afraid of dropping it if they held it with their hands... This is precisely meant for the CEO's wife.
"I've finally seen it myself today. I really didn't expect that the CEO would be like this too." Another high-level female executive with blonde hair and blue eyes also spoke fluently in Country Z's language.
***
Stanley carried Xyla to the office's main lobby. Xyla then slowly opened her eyes.
Now, she felt much more energetic. The exhaustion she felt from traveling earlier was also gone.
Chapter 952
Chapter 952
Xyla Quest looked at Stanley Batton briefly before subconsciously glancing around. She then rubbed her eyes gently. "Is the meeting over?" she asked.
"Yeah..." Stanley answered softly.
"When did I fall asleep?" Xyla asked.
"You fell asleep not long after dinner..." Stanley said.
"Oh." With that, Xyla naturally wrapped her arms around Stanley's neck. After that, she looked at the bodyguards behind them embarrassedly. "Put me down. I can walk on my own," she said.
"Let me hold you for a while." Stanley had no intention of putting her down. His gaze never left her, and the look in his eyes was full of gentleness.
Xyla didn't say anything further. She let him carry her while she enjoyed the warmth of his embrace.
"Is there anything else you'd like to eat, hmm?" Stanley asked.
"Do you want me to become a pig? I just had dinner, and you're asking me to eat again," Xyla complained softly.
Stanley smiled. "I was just afraid you might be hungry."
"I'm not a pig. Why would I get hungry so easily?" Xyla said.
"Oh, alright. Shall we go home then?" Stanley asked.
"Okay." Xyla immediately nodded.
After that, she naturally rested her head against his chest.
She could feel the warmth of his body through the thin layer of fabric.
At such a distance, Xyla could clearly hear his heart beating forcefully.
Stanley didn't say anything. Instead, he walked faster.
***
An entourage of black luxury cars soon arrived at a high-class, dreamy-looking area in the center of the city and stopped at building No. 8. After the cars stopped, Xyla looked around once more.
This building had an expansive view of the surrounding, and huge gardens surrounded it. The environment seemed beautiful around it. In the early parts of summer, all sorts of flowers were in full bloom in the garden.
The odd-looking flowers and plants were also pleasant to look at.
When one looked at such a view, one felt very much at ease.
The bodyguards were the first to get out of their cars.
Right after that, they opened the doors for Xyla and Stanley.
The two of them got out of the car at the same time.
As soon as they did so, Stanley quickly walked over to Xyla and picked her up.
Xyla looked at Stanley helplessly as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Are you going to treat me as if we're joined at the hips?" "Hmm... I'm prepared to be joined at the hips with you all night long," Stanley whispered into her ear before gently nibbling her earlobe.
His warm breath brushed her earlobe and the surrounding area of her neck, instantly causing her heart to feel numb.
Xyla immediately started to blush. Subconsciously, she turned to look at the people behind them.
Although Stanley wasn't loud, they could all hear him.
When her eyes met with theirs, they all coughed awkwardly before looking down and pretending as if nothing happened. They continued to walk behind Xyla and Stanley. Xyla knew from their reaction that they must have heard what Stanley said.
She began to feel increasingly embarrassed.
Xyla rolled her eyes at Stanley. "Stanley, do you know what silence means?"
"I don't," he replied.
"L
." Xyla rolled her eyes at him again before lowering her head in embarrassment.
Stanley's unit was on the sixteenth floor.
By design, a single unit occupied the entire floor in this building.
Inside the unit was a huge, baroque-style foyer.
After Stanley carried Xyla inside, Zack and the rest were smart enough to leave.
Without anybody around, Stanley became even more unrestrained.
He put Xyla down on the couch before pressing his body against hers. He then carefully studied her face with his palms on both sides of her cheeks.
Chapter 953
Chapter 953
Under the warm, gentle light, Xyla Quest's face seemed like a peeled lychee fruit that was soft and delicate. Her eyes were shining brightly like a thousand stars.
When Stanley Batton looked at her face, he felt as if a once empty space in his heart had been instantly filled. This woman was way too beautiful.
No matter how often he looked at her, he would still be impressed.
"Tell me, why are you so pretty? Hmm?" Stanley's eyes were filled with affection.
Xyla's smile widened. "Hmm... It's most probably because my parents both looked good..."
"Hmm... Xyla Quest, I think I've fallen head over heels in love with you. What do I do?" Stanley said.
Before meeting Xyla, Stanley never thought he'd one day fall for a woman like this.
Even more so, he never thought he'd be this interested in any woman. In fact, he would feel disturbed for not seeing her for a single day. He wished he could tie this woman to his waist and bring her with him wherever he went.
His straightforward words made Xyla's heart feel warm. "Why don't we do this?"
With that, she initiated a kiss by kissing him on his lips.
When their lips met, all hell broke loose.
"You little devil!" Stanley said through gritted teeth.
***
Next, Stanley used his action to prove to Xyla what it was like for lovers to miss each other after being briefly apart more despesrately than newly-weds. Beep, beep, beep-
Within an hour after the two of them had fallen asleep, Xyla's phone lit up on the nightstand.
It was a call from Jeremy Quest.
However, since her phone was on silent mode, Xyla and Stanley were both completely unaware.
Xyla clung onto Stanley like an octopus, and she was sound asleep.
Soon after, the screen on her phone turned dim.
On the other nightstand, Stanley's phone lit up too.
It was again a call from Jeremy.
However, Stanley's phone was also on silent mode.
There wasn't any sound in the bedroom.
After that, both their phones continuously received calls the entire night...
All the calls were from Jeremy.
***
The next day, Xyla and Stanley woke up at two o'clock in the afternoon.
When Xyla opened her eyes, she felt as if her body was falling apart.
She moved her neck around uncomfortably before turning to look at the culprit next to her helplessly.
He happened to have just opened his eyes too.
When Stanley saw Xyla, he immediately hugged her tight and rubbed his chin against the top of her head. "Good morning, honey. Did you sleep well?"
Xyla rubbed her waist while she complained. "How could I have had a good rest? My entire body hurt when I wake up... Stanley, I'm warning you. Don't do that to me again."
"Okay. I'll take note next time." Stanley chuckled.
Xyla was already immune to hearing this.
She knew that Stanley was saying this out of courtesy. The reality was that he was saying something like, 'yeah, I know I was wrong, but I'll do it again'.
Xyla directly rolled her eyes at Stanley before sitting up with difficulty.
As soon as she sat up, she saw her phone screen lighting up.
Her father was calling.
Xyla immediately picked up. "Hello, Dad..."
"Xyla, what were you and Stan occupied with? I've been trying to call you since the night before. You're only picking up my call now." Jeremy's voice was so soft. He sounded very exhausted. Sensing something was amiss, Xyla's heart instantly tightened. "Dad, what happened to you?" she asked.
"Your sister and your aunt are dead. Come back and help me out with their funeral proceedings," Jeremy said with a sob.
Chapter 954
Chapter 954
When Xyla Quest heard that, she was instantly dumbfounded.
Her mind went blank.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
Two days ago, Emily Quest was still boasting about how she would deal with Xyla in the future. How did she die just like that?
And how did May Conner die so suddenly too?
"How did they die?" Xyla asked.
Stanley Batton could vaguely overhear the conversation between Xyla and her father.
His facial expression instantly became serious.
He didn't say anything, but he quickly sat up and moved closer to Xyla so that he could hear what Jeremy was saying.
"Emily killed herself. Your aunt suddenly had a cerebral hemorrhage... They both died yesterday," Jeremy said.
This sudden news left Xyla in a state of disbelief.
She really didn't think the two of them would end up like this.
The other day, when Xyla saw Emily, Emily didn't look like she would kill herself at all.
Emily even said through gritted teeth that she would get her revenge against Xyla once she got out of prison.
However, apart from feeling shocked, Xyla didn't feel any other emotion.
Now, she was most worried about her father. "Dad, are you alright?"
"I thought I hated them to the point that I wouldn't care even if they died, but the truth isn't so... They left so suddenly. My heart still aches..." Jeremy wasn't concealing his feelings at all. "Dad, I'll come back to you right away. My condolences... We'll talk when I get back," Xyla said.
"Alright. Their funeral will be held at parlor No. 1 in Municipal Funeral Home. The cremation will be held tomorrow morning," Jeremy said.
"Alright, I'll be right over," Xyla said before quickly hanging up. She then turned to look at Stanley. "You should have heard. Emily and May are both dead. I have to head back quickly." "I'll come with you. Let's pack up and leave right away," Stanley said without hesitation.
With that, Stanley picked up his phone and gave Zack Cassidy a call. "Cancel all my plans right away. Prepare a private jet. I want to head back to Country Z right now." Stanley sounded irrefutable.
Right after that, he carried Xyla into the bathroom to get cleaned up.
Once they were done, Xyla and Stanley changed into black attires and left the house.
Xyla changed into a classic, black Chanel dress with medium-length sleeves and a black hat.
There was a thin black veil draped over the brim of her hat, covering half of her face. Xyla didn't have any makeup on.
On the other hand, Stanley changed into a black suit with a black shirt on the inside.
***
By the time the Batton family's private jet arrived in Atlantis, it was already five o'clock local time.
The daylight period during the early part of summer lasted much longer than in spring.
By then, the entire city was still brightly lit.
Stanley and Xyla got out of the plan before directly getting into a black Rolls-Royce.
Zack was driving, and the two of them sat in the backseat.
Meanwhile, the other bodyguards got into other cars meant for security.
Right after that, the group of luxury cars started heading quickly to Atlantis' Municipal Funeral Home.
Throughout the journey, Xyla's phone kept notifying her with news of Emily and May passing away.
Xyla wasn't in the mood to read the news. Instead, she glanced at the international news before putting her phone into her purse.
Chapter 955
Chapter 955
After the entourage of black luxury cars left the airport, they sped all the way.
Finally, the cars stopped in front of parlor No.1 at Municipal Funeral Home.
All sorts of black luxury cars were parked in the parking lot.
There were white lanterns hung all around the courtyard where the funeral was held.
The sky seemed gray and dull.
It was as if the entire world was shrouded in a haze.
The door of the parlor was wide open.
Xyla Quest could clearly see Emily Quest and May Conner's coffins surrounded by a large pile of wreaths.
There were also countless wreaths placed neatly by both sides of the parlor's entrance.
There were also black-and-white photos of the both of them smiling widely on the wall behind the coffins.
Jeremy Quest was sitting motionless in front of their coffins. He seemed to be hunching a little from behind. It was as if he had suddenly aged by a few years.
All the Quest family's close friends and family members were here. Right then, some of them were lining up to pay their respect while others kneeled next to Jeremy to console him. Some stood on both sides as they cried continuously with their heads down.
Once upon a time, Xyla used to argue and fight with Emily and May. But now, these two had died just like that.
Xyla felt that life was very fragile.
Everything that happened between these two women and Xyla years ago was still fresh in Xyla's mind.
Stanley Batton held Xyla's hand gently. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yeah... I'm fine. I'm just worried about Dad. He sounded very emotionally unstable over the phone," Xyla said.
"Time will wash away the scars in his heart," Stanley said.
With that, Stanley naturally hugged Xyla by her shoulder.
Xyla let out a long sigh and nodded. "Let's get out of the car," she said.
Very soon, the bodyguards opened their doors for them.
The two of them quickly got out of the car and walked side by side into the funeral parlor.
When people in the funeral parlor saw the two of them had arrived, they suddenly shifted their gazes to them. Xyla ignored everyone else around. She directly walked with Stanley to Emily and May's coffins to pay their respects. After that, the two of them walked over to Jeremy.
By then, Jeremy's eyes were red from crying. He didn't say a single word, and he seemed extremely aggrieved.
Xyla immediately kneeled, stretched out her arms, and naturally pulled Jeremy into her arms. "Dad... I'm sorry for your loss..." Jeremy nodded with reddened eyes.
Xyla didn't say anything more. Instead, all she did was silently hug him.
She understood how much grief Jeremy was feeling right now.
Regardless of how Emily and May behaved, they were still Jeremy's family. He couldn't possibly not be sad about their deaths...
This was especially the case for Emily, who was born of his blood and flesh.
It must have felt terrible for Jeremy to have to bid farewell to his daughter.
"Dad, I'm sorry. I wasn't by your side during your saddest moment..." Xyla said.
"Silly girl, what's there to be sorry for? Things happened so suddenly. You couldn't have been able to predict it." Jeremy's voice already sounded hoarse.
Just as Jeremy finished speaking, Tom Sullivan wheeled Julian Sullivan into the funeral parlor. They were accompanied by Bailey Ronson, Tony Sullivan, and Mary Sullivan. The entire family was wearing black outfits.
Each one of them had somber expressions on their faces. They all looked sorrowful.
However, Xyla knew very well that, apart from Mary, everyone else's expression of grief was all fake.
They went to pay their respects before gathering around Jeremy to offer him words of condolence funereally...
Chapter 956
Chapter 956
Everyone in the Sullivan family seemed very aggrieved, but there wasn't a single tear in their eyes.
Xyla Quest knew very well that the entire family was just putting on an act.
None of them from the Sullivan family actually felt sad about Emily Quest's death.
Yet, even so, Xyla still didn't feel sorry for Emily.
Everyone needed to pay for what they did. Back when Emily was alive, she wasn't kind to others. After she died, she also shouldn't receive kindness from others.
Jeremy Quest didn't say anything. Instead, he silently listened to what the Sullivan family said as he looked at his wife and daughter's memorial portraits with an empty gaze. He was feeling extremely upset.
Although he hated the two of them thoroughly, he still felt a great pain in his chest when he looked at their coffins and memorial portraits.
Seeing her father like this made Xyla feel extremely upset as well.
She immediately hugged Jeremy tight. "Dad, please don't be too sad. You'll hurt yourself," Xyla said carefully.
Jeremy nodded, but he still didn't say anything.
Members of the Sullivan family pretended to let out a long sigh. After that, they backed away to one side and silently stood there in mourning.
Once they had left, Stanley Batton also kneeled next to Jeremy and patted his shoulder. "Dad, my condolences."
Jeremy nodded again.
After a long while, Jeremy slowly turned to look at Xyla and Stanley. "Xyla, you are all I have left. You must stay alive and not make me lose you too. Stan, please protect Xyla well." "Alright..." Xyla and Stanley said simultaneously.
"Dad, don't be sad anymore. Watching you like this makes me feel terrible," Xyla added.
Jeremy let out a long sigh and wiped his tears. "How could I not feel sad... Xyla, why don't you and Stan go over to help me greet the guests. I want to sit by myself for a while." Xyla nodded before walking over to greet the other guests with Stanley.
Right then, Xyla was also not in a good mood.
However, it wasn't because of Emily or May. In fact, it wasn't because of anyone else. Instead, it was because of her father.
While everyone couldn't see, Tom couldn't help but smile.
He thought he would still have to suffer under Emily's control for the longest time. But, to his surprise, she died just like that. He was overjoyed right now.
From now on, he wouldn't have to live in fear anymore, and Emily would no longer haunt him.
He could do whatever he wanted to without having to hide it.
Xyla unintentionally turned around and saw Tom's smile from the corner of her eyes.
She couldn't help but feel sad for Emily yet again.
Despite loving Tom all her life, Emily couldn't even get him to shed a single tear for her when she died.
This man was truly heartless.
Xyla also began to feel glad that this man had abandoned her back then.
Looking at how Tom behaved now, Xyla even felt a little grateful toward Emily.
If it weren't for Emily, who was adamant about stealing Tom away from her, Xyla would've had to spend the rest of her life with this piece of trash.
In the end, Xyla would've ended up just like Emily.
When Tom realized that Xyla seemed to be looking at him, he immediately stopped smiling. He lowered his head and continued to act as if he was grieving. Xyla snorted coldly.
'This man sure has some acting skills.' She thought.
Xyla couldn't be bothered to pay any further attention to Tom. She shifted her attention once again to the guests who had just arrived.
Chapter 957
Chapter 957
About half an hour later, Jeremy Quest trembled as he stood up. He walked directly to Xyla Quest. "Please go home and pack up your aunt and Emily's belongings. We'll bury those things with the two of them tomorrow," he said.
After saying that, Jeremy looked at Stanley Batton. "Stan, please stay here and look after the guests."
"Okay," Xyla replied. After that, Xyla walked out of the parlor with Stanley. She then left the funeral home with a group of bodyguards waiting outside.
***
Back at the Quest family's place, Xyla led the servants into Emily's room to sort out her personal belongings.
They first took the jewelry on Emily's dresser and put them into a leather case.
After that, they went into Emily's closet to continue sorting stuff out. They placed all of Emily's clothes, some accessories, and her shoes into the leather case.
"What is this? Ms. Xyla, come and have a look, quickly..." A female servant suddenly called out.
Xyla happened to be holding a few items of clothing and was about to put them in the leather box. She immediately looked over.
All she could see was a female servant pointing at a wall.
There were Post-it notes of various colors on the wall, and Xyla's pictures occupied half of the wall.
The most terrifying thing was that her eyes were gouged out in each of her photos, and the corners of her mouth were painted with blood.
It all seemed so frightful that it was almost as if one had seen a ghost.
On a typical day, that wall was covered by clothes. Hence, an outsider wouldn't be able to see those things on the wall.
Xyla was a little shocked by what she saw.
She never would've thought that Emily would hide such things in her closet.
Xyla quickly walked over to the wall to take a closer look at the things on it.
Upon taking a closer look, Xyla could see all the words on the Post-it notes clearly.
There were all sorts of weird symbols in different shapes on them. Although it looked like an ancient form of language, it wasn't quite the case. Xyla couldn't understand a single word.
Her instincts told her that these words contained a certain secret Emily kept, and this all seemed to be a tabulation of her secret.
After taking a deep breath, Xyla slowly stood on her tiptoes and removed one of her photos.
After looking at the shocking photo in the front, she looked at the back.
On the back of the photo were mysterious symbols exactly like those on the Post-it notes written all over it.
Right after that, Xyla gradually removed all the other photos and checked the back.
Mysteriously, she found that the same thing was on the back of each of these photos.
Xyla was confused by the sight of these words.
She couldn't figure out which era this writing was from.
"Ahh..."
Right then, one of the female servants yelped.
Xyla immediately looked over only to find that the servant was sitting down on the ground, holding her right wrist. The servant seemed to be in pain, and her face was pale... "What happened to you?" Xyla asked.
The servant panted as she pointed at a drawer below the jewelry cabinet with a frightened look on her face. "I was jabbed by the needle that flew out of this box... It hurts so much... I feel as if all the veins in my body are burning...
"It feels like acid is flowing through my body instead of blood. Ms. Xyla, I'm in so much pain... Ahh..." The servant uttered.
Chapter 958
Chapter 958
Xyla Quest immediately walked over to the injured female servant as quickly as she could. She half-kneeled on the ground and checked the woman's right wrist. There was a very thin silver needle in the female servant's wrist. Only half of the needle had pierced her flesh, and the remaining half was still exposed.
The skin where the servant was stabbed had already turned black.
Clearly, the needle contained poison...
When the other servants saw this, they immediately gathered around. Each of them was shocked.
Xyla then looked at the box the servant mentioned.
It was a huge square box with a Country Z design of flower carvings on it. There was a combination lock on the box.
Clearly, there was a mechanism on the box, and this servant had accidentally activated it. That was why the silver needle hurt her.
Pfft-
The next second, the female servant who was jabbed by the needle fell directly to the ground. She was bleeding from all seven of her orifices and had passed out. When Xyla saw this, her heart immediately rose to her throat.
She quickly placed her hand over the female servant's nose, but she found that the woman was already dead.
"Ahh! Someone died!"
"Ahh! Someone, help!"
The female servants around them started to scream in a panicked manner.
Xyla, however, didn't say anything. She continued to put her hand on the female servant's nose with a serious look on her face to try and feel something.
By then, the female servant had already completely stopped breathing.
Right after that, Xyla checked her pulse.
There was no pulse either.
That meant this person was already dead.
The next second, the area around where the female servant was jabbed quickly turned black too...
Within a few seconds, her entire body turned completely black.
Xyla was shocked by what she saw yet again.
She had also studied about poison before, but she had never come across any poison that would cause such a reaction...
Xyla increasingly felt that Emily was very strange.
Seeing how the female servant was dead, Xyla felt both shocked and hurt...
Although she was just someone who worked there, Xyla did grow fond of her because she had worked in the house for many years.
A fine person like her just died like that. Xyla felt incredibly horrible.
Right then, a large group of bodyguards ran inside.
When they saw what was before them, they were all shocked.
Each of them had a look of disbelief in their eyes.
"Madam... This..." One of the bodyguards asked.
"She was poisoned and has died. Now, bring her body to the small shed in the backyard first. Don't share about this incident with anyone..." Xyla ordered solemnly.
The Quest family was already receiving a lot of attention because of Emily and May Conner's deaths.
If their servant's odd casualty were made known, reporters would surely camp in front of the Quest family's house.
The bodyguards immediately nodded respectfully. They then quickly carried the corpse out.
The other servants began to panic as they discussed among themselves.
"What the hell happened? Why are there so many strange things in Miss Emily's room?"
"Could Miss Emily have been in contact with some strange people? Could she have been a part of a strange organization?"
Xyla could hear everyone's concerns.
She was also thinking about the questions that they were asking.
Chapter 959
Chapter 959
"Everyone, leave for now... Don't touch anything inside this room. Leave it all to me," Xyla Quest said.
The servants were more than happy to hear this. As soon as they heard what Xyla said, they all ran outside.
Once everyone had left, Xyla shifted her gaze back to the box in the drawer.
Upon taking a closer look, she discovered a piece of red paper beneath the box.
She knew there would be secrets regardless of whether it was the box before her eyes or the paper beneath the box.
If something terrifying wasn't hidden inside, Emily Quest definitely wouldn't have used a box that contained such a mechanism.
Although Xyla badly wanted to know what was inside, she didn't dare to just touch it.
Xyla could only suppress her curiosity and carefully push the drawer back inside.
She'd have to look for someone professional to solve this mystery.
Otherwise, she would end up like the female servant earlier.
From the odd symbols on the wall to the strange box in front of her, Xyla realized more and more that she didn't know who Emily really was.
Her gaze unintentionally shifted to another drawer beside her. She saw another red doll in the shape of a human as well as a red booklet. Xyla's name was sewn onto the doll.
She immediately frowned slightly before picking the doll up.
Then, Xyla discovered that not only was her name sewn onto the doll, but the large bunch of symbols she was earlier were also sewn onto it.
Xyla turned the doll around to look at its back.
Likewise, her name and weird symbols were also sewn onto the back of the doll.
With a confused look on her face, Xyla put the doll aside. She then picked up the booklet to check it out.
Inside the booklet, there were a bunch of odd symbols, just as she had seen before.
Every page she flipped through was the same.
When she got to the last page, she finally saw a row of words written in Country Z's language.
The words were written in red, and it looked like Emily's handwriting. 'Help Master kill Xyla Quest. Kill Xyla Quest. Kill Xyla Quest. Kill Xyla Quest... Long live Master."
Master...?
Who was Emily's master?
Now, it seemed that there was someone else behind Emily. Meanwhile, everything Emily had ever done to Xyla might have been orders given by another person. Who was this master that Emily wrote of?
Why was this person doing this to her? Why did he ask Emily to do those things to Xyla?
If there really was someone controlling Emily behind the scenes, could Emily's death not be as simple as it seemed?
Could this person have murdered Emily and May Conner?
Xyla already found it very odd that the two women suddenly died together.
Now that Xyla saw these things, she found it even more suspicious.
Could that person have realized Emily and her mother were no longer valuable, and he wanted to kill them because he was afraid they might expose the secret he had been trying to hide for so long? If that was the case, wouldn't this person be way too powerful?
What kind of human was capable of killing two people in prison with such ease?
Suddenly, countless question marks appeared in Xyla's mind.
All of this was just too fishy....
Xyla wanted to stay in Emily's room to look through her other personal belongings.
She wanted to obtain more clues.
However, to avoid being harmed by any other hidden, strange, and poisonous objects in the room, Xyla chose to leave the closet with the booklet.
Xyla directly drove out to purchase a set of impenetrable protective gear.
The set of protective gear included a full suit, a face mask, goggles, and gloves.
These things looked not much different from regular medical protective gear.
After putting the complete set of protective gear on, Xyla first opened the drawer and retrieved the box with Country Z designs on it.
The password combination device on the box seemed no different from those on ordinary luggage.
Chapter 960
Chapter 960
Xyla Quest tried unlocking it with Emily Quest's birth date, but it didn't work at all.
In the end, she tried using May Conner, Jeremy Quest, and Tom Sullivan's birth dates. The first two attempts didn't work, but Tom's birth date successfully unlocked the box. Inside the box was a massive number of glass bottles with transparent liquid inside.
The bottles were shaped like experimental test tubes, but the length was only half that of small-sized test tubes.
There were also strange symbols on the bottle that Xyla had seen before.
Xyla seriously had no idea what these were.
Hence, she quickly put the stuff aside and continued to look through Emily's closet.
After that, Xyla didn't discover anything suspicious.
She then returned to Emily's room to continue searching for anything suspicious.
Likewise, she found nothing.
After that, Xyla quickly made her way into May Conner's room.
The first thing she did was to open the drawers to May's dressing table...
In the top-most drawer of the dressing table, Xyla also saw the same Country Z-styled box that Emily had in her room.
Xyla quickly sat on the chair and tried entering May, Jeremy, and Emily's birth dates as passwords.
In the end, none of them worked.
Hence, Xyla tried using May and Jeremy's wedding anniversary date as the password.
This time, the box finally opened...
The box contained the same things as Emily's box.
Even the symbols on the glass bottles were precisely the same.
Xyla's instincts told her that these must have come from the 'master' Emily referred to.
Meanwhile, this 'master' was controlling Emily and May at the same time.
Xyla felt increasingly confident that their deaths must have been related to this master.
Who was this 'master'? What was this liquid? What kind of method did this person use to control these two women at the same time?
The questions in Xyla's heart were increasing at a crazy rate.
After carefully keeping the things away, Xyla started looking around in May's room...
Apart from the box, Xyla didn't find anything else.
Right after that, Xyla looked through every room on every floor of the house, as well as the corners.
However, she still couldn't find anything.
Now, the only thing she found suspicious was the wall in Emily's room, Emily's booklet, the red doll, and the boxes containing strange liquid in both Emily and May's rooms.
What did those symbols mean? What was the liquid? Xyla needed to carry out a thorough examination.
As for what was the person hiding behind Emily and May, Xyla also needed to investigate properly. In the end, she returned to Emily's room to take a picture of the suspicious wall.
Xyla then tore off all the photos and Post-it notes on the wall before putting them in a piece of huge luggage.
Right after that, she went to May's room and moved the Country Z styled wooden box over. She then put Emily's box with May's box into the luggage.
After everything had been put in place, Xyla took off her protective gear and shifted the box downstairs.
Once she sat down on the couch, Xyla quickly took her phone out and gave Stanley Batton a call.
On the other hand of the call, Stanley was still occupied at the funeral parlor. He was helping Jeremy to greet the guests and doing it as best as he could. Stanley received many positive comments from countless close friends and relatives.
When Stanley saw that Xyla was calling, he immediately walked out of the funeral parlor and picked up the call solemnly. "What's the matter, honey?" he asked.