Since he had already made up his mind, Azalea couldn’t convince him otherwise. She called Michael in humiliation, but she couldn’t get through to him.
It was almost impossible for Michael to answer her call, so Azalea had to call Francis again, but no one answered as well.
Why did it seem as though everyone had disappeared?
Azalea had been kept at the police station for such a long time, which made her so tired and hungry that she didn’t want to move at all. She just wanted to eat her meal and sleep after taking a shower. However, she couldn’t do that now that such a thing had happened. She had to go and discuss it with Francis immediately.
Azalea immediately went to Francis’ villa, but the villa that was usually brightly lit was completely dark today. Azalea pressed the doorbell outside for a long time before a servant came out to open the door.
She immediately said when she saw Azalea, “Miss Clark, are you looking for Sir Francis? He’s not at home.”
“Where did he go? When will he be back?” Azalea asked.
The servant replied, “He went to the hospital with the housekeeper, but I don’t know when he will come back.”
Azalea was stunned when she heard that he had gone to the hospital at this time. “Is my dad ill?”
“No, but it seems that something happened to Mr. Casper.”
“Do you know which hospital he went to?” After the servant told her the address, she got in the car and rushed to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Francis stood at the door of the examination room with a serious expression in the hospital while his grandson, Casper, was screaming miserably inside.
Francis was extremely anxious when he heard his grandson’s agonizing screams. He took a few steps back and forth and asked Frederick, “What’s going on? Why would he suddenly have a stomach ache when he was fine before this?”
“I asked about it, and his caretaker said that he had a sudden stomachache while he was eating. Could it be that he ate something that had gone bad?” Frederick guessed.
“That shouldn’t be the case. He ate dinner in his own house, so why would that happen?”
Frederick didn’t know what had happened, but Casper’s screams finally became less intense after he had waited outside for another half an hour.
The tense expression on Francis’ face eased a little, but he saw Azalea hurrying over just as he was about to speak to Frederick and frowned. “Why are you here?”
“Dad, I have something urgent to discuss with you.” Azalea grabbed Francis’ hand. “Let’s talk over there.”
Francis followed Azalea to a corner. “What is it?”
“Dad, someone framed me, you must help me!” She quickly told Francis about the man who suddenly appeared in the Davis family and slandered her.
The expression on Francis’ face was very serious. “Are you sure you don’t know that man?”
“Yes, I’m sure that I have never seen him before! Dad, I suspect that the Clark family set this up to slander me.”
Francis also felt that the Clark family should be behind this, “Did the Davis family insist that you have to do a DNA test after they listened to that man?”
“Yes! But the Clark family will definitely meddle with the DNA test results if they’re planning to frame me. The child is Michael’s, so what’s the point of doing the DNA test? I can’t let them do it.”
Azalea said hurriedly, “Dad, call Michael and have a good talk with him to convince him not to do the DNA test.”
Francis nodded and asked Azalea, “Did you see Michael today?”
“No, I can’t get through to his phone. Dad, why don’t you call him? If he doesn’t answer my calls, he should answer yours, right?”
“I can’t get through to him as well. He didn’t answer the phone, and I can’t find where he is. What the hell is he doing!?”
Azalea thought that she was the only one who couldn’t contact Michael, but she didn’t expect Francis to have the same problem as well. “What is Michael trying to do?”
“I don’t know. I’m so annoyed!” Francis impatiently ordered Azalea, “Tell me as soon as you see Michael.”
“Okay, but please call Michael as soon as possible and ask him to give up on this idea.”
Just as Francis promised to make a phone call, his grandson was pushed out of the operating room.
After Frederick and the doctor exchanged a few words, he hurried over and said, “Sir, the doctor wants to say something to you.”
Francis was naturally more concerned about his grandson’s situation, so he gave up on calling Michael and quickly walked over. The doctor’s expression was very serious. “Mr. Casper’s situation is a little special, so I need to talk to you alone. Please come with me to the office.”
When Francis and the doctor went to the office and sat down, the doctor took out some examination sheets and handed them to Francis. “This is Mr. Casper’s blood test results and the data is extremely abnormal.”
Francis couldn’t understand those symbols, so he asked directly, “Just tell me what’s wrong.”
The doctor said, “Mr. Casper’s condition is caused by his diet, and we found traces of poison after he performed the blood test. We suspect that someone has poisoned him, so we’ll need to check the contents of the food he ate tonight. I hope you can arrange it.”
Francis’ expression became serious when he heard this. “I’ll arrange it right away.”
Francis personally followed the hospital staff to take samples of Casper’s food from his home.
He couldn’t care less about helping Azalea call Michael because he didn’t have the time to pay attention to it. After all, Casper was the heir of the Gurney family. It was a big deal for Francis that someone was targeting his heir, so he had to figure it out.
Francis and the hospital staff arrived at Casper’s villa.
Casper was sent to the hospital because he was not feeling well after his meal. Everyone was frantic at that time, so all the food on the table was left the way it was before he was sent to the hospital.
The staff began to take samples after they entered the dining hall with Francis and Frederick.
While the two men stood at the entrance of the dining hall and waited, Francis lowered his voice and asked Frederick, “You have to arrange someone to investigate the people around Casper and see who’s targeting him.”
Frederick nodded. “I will interrogate them one by one.”
The medical staff took the samples of the dishes, and they also took some samples of the red wine that they saw on the table. Just then, Frederick’s unconscious gaze fell on the wine bottle in the medical staff’s hands.
His face suddenly changed, and he quickly walked into the dining hall to take the bottle from the staff.
The medical staff stopped him. “I haven’t taken samples of the wine yet, you can’t touch it.”
“No… I just want to have a look at the bottle.”
As Frederick spoke, his expression turned extremely grim when he examined the bottle in his hand.
Francis saw Frederick’s actions and walked in. “What’s going on?”
“Sir, this wine… this…” However, Frederick glanced at the medical staff and swallowed his words. “Let’s go outside and talk about it in detail.”
Francis followed Frederick to a secluded place. Then, Frederick said when he looked around and made sure no one was around, “Sir, the red wine on Casper’s table is identical to the one that I gave to Michael!”