Her heart broke all over again.
Lucinda was still wallowing in her sorrow when Sonny hurried back inside, looking anxious.
“Something happened inside the prison! The warden says that two nights ago, Nigel suddenly had a seizure. He was frothing in the mouth and was sent to the medical room, but died after several failed attempts to revive him.”
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Nathan tensed up, his handsome face turning cold.
“How could this happen? How did someone manage to poison him behind bars?”
Sonny sighed and helplessly shook his head.
“I’m afraid it’s not like that. According to his medical reports, he has a history of epileptic seizures, but it’s been years since he had his last one. Even the doctors don’t know why he suddenly relapsed. It happened late in the night. By the time the prison guards found him, his lungs were already giving out.”
A heavy silence fell in the room.
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Lucinda was the first to broke it.
“Even if he’s dead, we can still take some DNA samples from his body. Where is he right now?”
Sonny turned even gloomier.
“It all happened two days ago.
Considering his medical history, the coroner tagged his death as a natural one. He was cremated soon after he was announced dead. ALL that’s left of him are his ashes.”
Lucinda’s heart sank.
Ashes were of no use to a DNA test!
This was a dead end, quite Literally.
Now, they would have to start from scratch and find other leads.
Lucinda fell back against the sofa and stewed in anger and disappointment.
Seeing her like this, Nathan couldn’t help but feel guilty.
“I’m so sorry, Honey. This is my fault. I should have assigned someone to watch over Nigel around the clock.”
She mustered a small smile and said in a calm voice, “It’s not your fault at all. Even if you had him guarded, he would have still had his episode in the middle of the night. It wouldn’t have changed anything.”
Nathan swallowed the lump in his throat and hung his head.
“It’s okay,” Lucinda soothed him.
“Let’s just start over. There’s bound to be another clue somewhere.”