The Divorce Prescription (Celina and Adam) novel Chapter 1072

Rebecca had convinced herself that she would never see Olivia again. After all, Olivia had been nothing more than a discarded pawn—someone Rebecca was determined to leave behind. Yet here she was, standing at her door.

Rebecca was taken aback. "Olivia, what are you doing here?"

Olivia's hair was a tangled mess, and her eyes searched Rebecca's face. "Weren't you at the hospital? When did you leave?" she asked.

Rebecca had no choice but to lie. "I left when Mr. Pilsner arrived."

"Hailey and the baby are both gone now!" Olivia cried out. "How could you just leave like that? What were you thinking, Rebecca?"

Faced with Olivia's pointed words, Rebecca didn't know how to respond.

She quickly shifted the conversation. "Of course I'm upset about Hailey and the baby! In fact, I'm beyond heartbroken. That's why I couldn't stay at the hospital. It felt like I was drowning in there. I had no choice but to come back home. Olivia, what are you doing here?"

Olivia's expression hardened. "Did you know Hailey was poisoned?"

Rebecca gasped in shock. "Poisoned? Who would poison Hailey? This doesn't make sense. Hailey had such close relationships with her family, friends, classmates, and partner. She was loved by so many. I can't fathom who would want to hurt her like this!"

"The doctors confirmed it," Olivia said solemnly. "It's true. Hailey was poisoned. To make matters worse, the poison came from the chicken noodle soup I made."

"Wait, what?" Rebecca exclaimed, her acting skills kicking in. "Olivia, why would you poison the very soup you made for Hailey? What could possibly make you want to kill her?"

"But it wasn't me who poisoned her!" Olivia insisted. "I didn't know there was poison in the soup."

"But you made the soup!" Rebecca fired back.

Olivia looked her in the eye. "Yes, I made it. But while I was cooking, you were right there with me! You were there the entire time!"

Rebecca's heart raced. Could Olivia really be starting to suspect her?

All of a sudden, a thought flashed through her mind. Thanks to Olivia, she hadn't actually touched the chicken noodle soup. Olivia had stopped her when she'd tried to help. That tiny detail might be the one thing that could help clear her name.

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