Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 2008

Betty Starmount clenched her fists tightly upon hearing Xyla Quest's words, then just as quickly, she relaxed her fists before Xyla noticed anything.

She changed the subject and continued to act demurely. "Xyla, have you taken a bath? Shall I help you?"

Xyla shook her head. "No, I haven't. Thank you."

After that, Betty carefully helped Xyla with a bath.

Meanwhile, in the neonatal intensive care unit, several people adorned sterile gowns and went through a disinfection process before they followed Stanley Batton to visit his newborn twins. The children were asleep, still looking pinkish and wrinkly.

From afar, they seemed so vulnerable and helpless, making everyone feel protective towards them.

Everyone seemed to well up with tears in their eyes when they saw them looking so vulnerable and helpless. One couldn't help but feel protective toward such tiny babies.

Sharon Lindt, especially, couldn't resist crying as her heart ached painfully. "Oh my god! My grandchildren are so tiny, and they already have so many tubes connected to their bodies. All those monitoring devices... it's too much!"

Wilson Batton, who stood next to her, teared up as well.

Even a man who had gone through a lot in the business world and never once broke down couldn't stand it.

None of them could imagine how much pain the children were going through.

Most frustratingly, they might not even survive despite going through all that pain.

That was the fact that made them feel even more hopeless.

Watching nearby, Stanley wore a stern expression on his face, feeling like the temperature in the entire intensive care unit suddenly dropped past zero. The air felt frigid.

"My grandchildren, you must live on. I want to hug you both," Sharon cried.

Seeing her like that made Wilson feel even more restless.

Everyone stayed inside for nearly half an hour before reluctantly leaving, looking sad as they exited the room.

As soon as they were out, Sharon

wiped her tears away and addressed her son "What caused the

premature delivery? Did you do

something to Xyla that you shouldn't

have?"

At that moment, Sharon trained her steely cold eyes at Stanley, causing him to frown.

St

"Do you really think I'd do that?" he asked incredulously. "The doctor said there might have been an

external catalyst, but Xyla and

haven't figured it out yet."

He didn't want to reveal too much yet, since they didn't have any solid proof.

Sharon's frown deepened. "That's

poisoned Xyla? That's not posel.net

right?

Any trace would bet

She felt confused.

"Is there some kind of poison that's tough to detect?" she went on.

Stanley frowned again. "Stop speculating, Mom. We'll investigate and replace out."

"You must get to the bottom of this," she warned.

"Okay."

Soon, everyone returned to Xyla's ward together.

By then, she had already finished her bath, appearing to be much more energetic than before.

Beside her, Betty was feeding her some hospital-issued breakfast as she leaned against the head of the bed.

The entire time, she only moved her mouth while being fed by Betty, taking one bite after another.