The Sleeper's Wrath and His Wife's Strike novel Chapter 72

“It’s not really your fault. Naomi just got carried away with her own imagination. It’s just a coincidence—she happens to be an illegitimate child, and as it happens, there’s a colleague with mental health issues who absolutely despises people like that. One thing led to another, and a real tragedy almost played out.”

“Don’t overthink it. Even if Naomi ends up dead, it’s between her and the others—it’s got nothing to do with you or anyone else at the company.”

Even so, Lindsay couldn’t shake the feeling that, in some roundabout way, she’d set everything in motion.

Tina had suffered enough already. If she had to spend the rest of her life behind bars, it would be unbearable.

“If you really want to know whether your colleague killed Naomi, I can have someone look into it,” Yves offered, catching the frown on Lindsay’s face.

Lindsay nodded. “That would be best.”

Yves picked up his phone and gave his assistant instructions to investigate.

Quigley Manor.

They had barely been home when Yves' phone rang. He took the call, listening in silence for a while before hanging up.

Turning to Lindsay with a measured look, Yves said, “There’s news about today. Naomi’s fine. Tina didn’t kill anyone—she just assaulted someone.”

“She beat up her ex-husband’s new wife—broke a couple of ribs. The woman’s in the ICU, but Tina’s been on medication for her mental health, and her family pulled some strings. In the end, they settled it privately.”

Lindsay’s eyes widened in surprise, and she suddenly remembered something Tina had told her.

She’d said she saw a hen and, unable to stand the sight of it, hit it with a stick.

Lindsay had thought the ‘hen’ was a metaphor for Naomi. Turns out, it was about the other woman—the mistress.

Of course. She’d been so clueless.

“Her family must be powerful if they managed to settle things privately after someone landed in the ICU.” Lindsay paused, then asked, “But why has Naomi’s phone been off all this time? Was she too shaken up?”

Lindsay’s expression grew grave as memories from her previous life crashed over her. After the plane crash that killed old Mr. Quigley, Yves was still unconscious.

The entire Quigley family had wanted to send him away, but Lee stepped forward. He had Mr. Quigley’s will, which clearly left Quigley Manor to Yves.

With that will, Yves wasn’t kicked out. When Yves eventually woke up, he treated Lee generously.

But everything changed because of Lee’s niece. There was a string of brutal murders in Skyrim.

The killer’s methods were savage—dismembered bodies, men mutilated.

When the murderer was finally caught, all the evidence pointed straight to Lee’s niece.

Back then, to save her, Lee turned on Lester and became the sharpest blade pointed at Yves' back.