Chapter 553 - Cause Of Death (2/2)
”No. I asked the guards. After Dr. West and Dr. Davis, nobody entered. It was only when they heard the patient groaning and screaming in pain did they call the nurse.” ;
”Now, I am completely lost.” Ivy raised her hands and plopped on one of the chairs, her face scrunching up in annoyance. ”How long does it take for anyone to start having allergic reactions?”
”It depends on each person, Ivy. Some may show the symptoms as soon as they consume the allergen while it takes an hour or more in other cases.” Aria elaborated.
”It must be the second scenario with Linda. If no one entered the ward after Aria and Ian, I am sure someone injected the chemical inside her before she met them. Is there any possibility that she consumed the allergen while she was still in prison?”
”That's not possible. We performed tests on her when she was admitted here but did not find any medications in her body. If she had consumed it, we would have known about it.” Stuart stated.
”What if her allergy was not a cause of medicine but something else?”
”We will have to wait for the post mortem report to confirm what has happened. Until then, we cannot conclude anything about this.” Ian dropped his fierce stance and leaned against the table as he pressed his forehead.
”And there goes my opportunity to interview this damn woman,” Ivy mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear it. ”What are the chances!” She could not help but groan at the predicament she was in. How coincidental it was that Linda died right on the day she thought of interviewing her!!
”By the way,” Ivy sat up straight when a notion hit her. ”Why was she admitted to the hospital? What had happened to her?”
”The patient tried to cut her wrist or that was what the prison guards told us. But we do not think so.” Stuart answered and took the other empty chair. He did not conceal the truth for he knew with Ivy being Aria's sister, she would never use this information in the wrong way. And Ian himself had not stopped him when the man had a say in the matters related to the hospital. ;
”Why?”
”It is not that difficult to find out if a person has slit his own wrist or if anyone else has done it. It sure looked like suicide but the depth of the blade says otherwise. Also, we cannot ignore the marks on her hands and legs. Someone forced her down to keep her still while they attacked her. There are obvious finger marks on her body.”
”Ohh,” Ivy did not know what more to say. She just sat still, staring at her sister blankly.
”This case does not seem to be that simple. There must be something else which we are unable to see.” Aria spoke after a few minutes of silence.
”Why do you think so, Aria? Did you sense something odd about it?” Ian gave her a puzzled look.
”Not exactly, Ian. But my intuition strongly says that we are missing something, that she came to our hospital on a purpose which, right now, we are unable to decipher.”
Ian was just about to probe further into it when a knock at the door interrupted him. A nurse was waiting for him and she was surprised to see the other three people in his office. ”Dr. Davis, the police are here and they want to speak you and Dr. West.”