Chapter 66

As furious as Yvonne was at that moment, she could not outright beat up Xyla while Sean and the rest of the Hortons were watching. Sandra felt like strangling Xyla herself. She pointed at her and snapped, "Why should we take your word for it just because you said you had no idea what nitrite was? "You expect us to believe that you found a packet of nitrite on the same day Yvonne and I were coming here to meet Captain Horton? A bumpkin like you should have known better than to scheme your way up the social hierarchy! "I'll have the cops investigate this. I won't let you get away with attempted murder by poisoning!" "I'm sorry, Mrs. Fairchild! I really didn't know!" Xyla cried, sobbing as she threw up on the floor. She looked as white as a sheet. When the Hortons did not help her by intervening, she started slapping herself. "Mrs. Horton Senior, Mr. Jacob, I was wrong. I shouldn't have picked up random things from the roadside!" The sound of her palm striking her face filled the