Chapter 984

Stella appeared calm and composed, but her back was soaked with cold sweat. “Mom?” she asked while resolutely putting on a calm facade, perhaps because she was hiding something. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing…” answered Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella’s voice brought her senses back. Sure that Stella must’ve not known about how poisonous the oleanders were, she tried to warn her. “That plant over there…” Crash! Before she could finish, a loud noise coming from the window interrupted her. The two women jumped in fright. They hurried to where the noise came from and saw a black figure crashing into the room from outside. The window had been broken in, and the floor was littered with shards of shattered glass— “Careful!” Stella’s split-second response managed to stop Wendy from getting hit by the flying glass. Wendy was so spooked that her face turned white as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. “What… What on earth is going on here…?” sh