Chapter 85
*Ms. Holt, I never expected you to be so uncultured,” Dorothea snapped. Her piercing glare was sharper than anticipated.
“But being uncultured is one thing. I didn’t expect you to be so malicious, to think you’d stoop to such despicable acts.”
Giselle found the comment strange and asked in return, “Mrs. Kane, what exactly do you mean by that?”
“What do I mean?” Dorothea looked at her with even more disdain and demanded, “What happened with my cat when it fell gravely ill? Tell me the truth.”
“Wait, Mrs. Kane, I don’t understand. Wasn’t your cat already sick before i saved it? what’s the issue now?”
At that moment, Catherine Montgomery, Dorothea’s personal housekeeper, stepped forward. Her voice was sharp with accusation. “Stop trying to lie your way out! On June 8th, I brought Mrs. Kane’s cat to your pet clinic. It only had a mild loss of appetite but was otherwise perfectly healthy. Yet after your treatment, it started deteriorating rapidly!
“Even after taking the cat to other clinics, nothing worked. It was literally on death’s door when you conveniently appeared with some miracle cure. Admit it. This was all your doing from the start!TM
When Catherine finished, Anne jumped in to add fuel to the fire. “Exactly! That was your plan all along, wasn’t it? You deliberately infected Mrs. Kane’s cat with feline panleukopenia and waited until it was at death’s door. Then you swooped in like a hero, just to manipulate your way into Mrs. Kane’s good graces and wor your way into the Kanes‘ lives!”
Giselle was hopping mad. Her anger boiled over until she could barely speak
But unfortunately, Dorothea seemed convinced entirely by their version of events. Her expression was one of disgust, as if she were looking at filth.
“I had wondered how such a young woman like you could pull off something that none of the other vets could manage, Bringing a cat from the brink with one injection was simply remarkable. I even admited you for it.
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