Chapter 787 - 786

787 Chapter 786

Keira glanced over at Lewis, and then both looked at Erin. Erin shrugged and sighed. “Fine, fine, I’ll be honest—I don’t actually have any medicine!”

Gavin and Selena just stared at her, dumbfounded.

Erin popped one of the pills she’d taken out earlier into her mouth, chewing like it was candy. “These? They’re beef jerky pellets. Honestly, that other stuff looked like vitamins, so I decided to mess with you.”

She batted her eyes innocently.

Selena’s expression shifted to pure rage.

She’d told herself she wasn’t afraid of death, hoping that by confessing her sins, Erin might take pity on her and hand over the medicine. But now? It turned out Erin had been lying the whole time!

“You tricked me! You liar!” Selena screamed and lunged forward, her hands reaching as if to grab Erin.

Before Erin could react, Charles quickly stepped in between them, blocking Selena’s path. “What do you think you’re doing? You’ve done nothing but hurt people and now you want to blame someone else? Don’t even think about touching Erin!”

Hiding behind Charles, Erin stuck out her tongue at Selena. “Serves you right! What’s wrong with messing with you after you tried to manipulate everyone? Besides, if you’d taken your actual meds on time, you wouldn’t be in this mess!”

Selena’s face twisted in fury. “If I’m going down, I’m taking you with me!”

As she screamed, she suddenly coughed up a mouthful of dark blood and collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath and unable to speak.

Erin stepped out from behind Charles, raising her hands in innocence. “Don’t look at me when you’re haunting people. I’m as innocent as it gets!”

Then she patted Charles on the arm. “Charlie, I’m scared.”

Charles puffed up with protective energy, blocking the table with a serious look. “Don’t worry, I’m here.

“No, I mean, I don’t want her blood getting on the table! I’m not even full yet!”

“Right.” Charles nodded, “I’ll protect the table.”

With that, he carefully placed himself between Selena and the food.

The others just stared in disbelief.

Charles and Erin acted like they hadn’t done anything unusual. Erin simply returned to the table, grabbed a drumstick, and munched on it cheerfully. “So good! Charlie, you’re the best.”

Charles grinned, “As long as you’re enjoying yourself.”

Selena could only watch in horror and anger, unable to form words as blood filled her mouth. She shot a pleading look at Gavin.

But Gavin just stared back, his eyes full of regret.

Ryan approached him, laying a hand on his shoulder. “This whole thing… it’s on Selena, and it’s not on anyone else.”

Gavin nodded slowly, a weak smile on his lips. “I know, Ryan. I wouldn’t blame anyone else for this…”

He’d been so blindsided by Selena’s deception that he couldn’t see the truth until now. Everything that had happened to her—she’d brought on herself. There was no one left to blame.

He took a deep breath, bent down, and lifted her in his arms. “Come on. I’m taking you to the hospital.”

And with that, he carried her out, leaving behind a tense silence.

The room soon returned to calm. The Hortons’ housekeeper swiftly had the cleaning crew wipe up the blood, but there was still a faint lingering scent in the air.

After airing out the room, nobody felt much like eating anymore.

Except Erin, who happily kept snacking.

Jenkins couldn’t help but gawk at her. “Seriously? You’re still eating?”

She blinked at him innocently. “What’s the big deal? Trust me, I’ve eaten beside a dead body before—when I was a doctor, mind you! With food this good, how could you even think about wasting it?”

She looked over the food on the table, guilt flashing in her eyes.

But she quickly resigned herself. Even as much as she could eat, there was no way she’d finish everything on the table. A shame, really.

Keira watched her, eyebrows raised. Was this glutton really the legendary mastermind they’d all heard of?

Only when she’d been toying with Selena had Keira glimpsed that side of her. The rest of the time, Erin came off as nothing more than a sweet, cheerful young woman.

This was the exact reason why, when she’d first met her, she hadn’t suspected Erin, despite the name South ringing all kinds of alarm bells. She was just… too good at playing the innocent.

Keira could only shake her head. “Since we’re all done here, maybe we should head out for some fresh air!”

Everyone agreed and soon split off for some fun.

As for Selena…

Not one of them cared enough to ask how she was doing. After what she’d done, no one was interested in her fate. After vomiting up so much blood, it seemed pretty clear she wouldn’t last long.

But Keira wasn’t about to play the hero. Selena had already gone too far; Keira couldn’t waste any sympathy on her now.

They all spent the rest of the day laughing, unwinding, and enjoying themselves until nightfall, when it was finally time to say their goodbyes.

At the door, Ryan paused and looked at Keira. “Ms. Olsen, there’s something I want to tell you.”

“What’s that?” Keira asked.

Lewis turned to listen too.

Ryan lowered his voice. “I know who Lion is.”

The words hit Keira and Lewis like a shockwave. “Who?”