The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 150

Leopold's face instantly soured by another degree at the mention of a pound of salt. He quickly diverted Vivienne's attention. "Did you hear about the incident at N&S Psychiatric Hospital yesterday?"

Percival lifted his gaze, signaling him to continue.

"They say a patient died inside and two escaped." Leopold said with an air of mystery.

"Isn't it common for people to die in N&S Psychiatric Hospital?" Thomas asked.

"This time it's different. When the police arrived, everyone in the hospital was unconscious on the floor." Leopold said as he continued to eat his breakfast.

"The one who died from poisoning was found at the front door. When they asked the people in the hospital what had happened, not a single person could recall last night's events."

"What about the two who escaped?" Percival, more interested in the escapees than the deceased, asked.

"They haven't been found yet." Leopold shook his head. "So the police will be busy for a while. Security in the city will also be tightened."

Vivienne remained silent. The two escaped mental patients were clearly referring to Brody and Brian.

Leopold suddenly recalled as he slapped the table and addressed Percival. "Arabella, who was thrown in there, was also rescued by the police."

Percival was startled, only then remembering that he had instructed Leopold to have Arabella admitted to N&S Psychiatric Hospital. "What happened to her?"

"She's in a pretty bad state." Leopold spoke while glancing at Vivienne, who was quietly eating. After all, Percival had done this to win Vivienne's favor, so he had to make Arabella's situation sound as dire as possible.

And so he exaggerated. "When she was rescued, she was beaten beyond recognition. Not only was she covered in bruises, but she also had two holes in her stomach. Her intestines were almost exposed. When she woke up, she was raving mad, constantly claiming that there was a bomb in her belly.”

"Oh, and one of her legs was also amputated."

"Are you sure the wounds on her abdomen were big enough to expose her intestines?" Vivienne grew more skeptical as she listened. "And her leg… It was just broken, right? Not amputated."

It couldn't be that after she left, Draven and the others decided to take revenge on Arabella again?

She didn't think this was something Draven would do.

"How do you know?" Now it was Leopold's turn to look at Vivienne in confusion.

The incident at N&S Psychiatric Hospital was classified, so no news had been released yet. Even he only knew about it through internal channels.

Vivienne lowered her eyelids, quietly finishing her breakfast.

The small hole in Arabella's abdomen was her doing. How could she not know?

"What's being done with her now?" Percival asked as he shot a meaningful glance at Vivienne.

"She's been taken to the hospital." Leopold chuckled. "She ran into N&S Psychiatric Hospital herself, so we're not implicated. Besides, I think she's almost a mental patient herself now."

At the city hospital, Arabella was indeed almost a mental patient, or at least the police thought so.

No matter how much she insisted that two lunatics had implanted two bombs in her body for a bet while she was in N&S Psychiatric Hospital, the police didn't believe her.

That was because they found no trace of the miniature bomb or the laparoscopic surgery equipment she mentioned in the hospital.