Jack Adams; Secretly Incharge

Chapter Eight:

“She is over here!” Emilia Williams said opening a door that led to the intensive care unit.

“How long has she been like this?” Jack Adams asked.

“For some weeks now, she has been having this seizure.”

“Lord Williams, let's not forget the part where Doctor Carlos was the one who made her worse than she was before.” Clarke Williams said as he walked in.

“Good day, Mr Jack Adams.”

“Good day, Clarke Williams…”

“Can you really help my grandmother get better?”

“I will try my best, but I can't make any promises, I believe I can help her get better.”

“Please do we are all counting on you.” Emilia Williams said, her voice laced with hope.

“I will be needing some of all the herbs and spices on this list.” 

“You haven't even touched the patient and you are already talking about herbs to heal her!” Lord Williams immediately interjected. 

“I really don't need to examine her before I can ascertain what is going on with her.”

“Lady Beatrice Williams is suffering from a deadly organic poison which is more lethal than inorganic poisoning.”

“Just by looking at the way her eyeballs rotate slowly, I can tell you that it's a very lethal organic poison.”

“So you're telling us that Doctor Chong and Doctor Carlos over here have been wrong about my wife's illness being of a virus origin?!” Lord Williams asked angrily.

“It would appear so, Lord Williams, a disease of virus origin wouldn't be making her feel this way…these are the unique symptoms of chronic organic poisoning.”

“Chronic?!”

“Yes, Chronic, Master Clarke Williams.” Jack Adams replied as he walked over to further examine Lady Beatrice Williams.

“Clarke, help me write down these things.” Jack Adams said as he ran more examinations on Lady Beatrice Williams.

Moments later, the security guards had already delivered everything that Jack Adams had on the list.

“Mandrake root, check!”

“Valerian, check!”

“Ginkgo, check!”

“Garlic, check!”

In no time, Jack Adams was done mixing the whole herbs and setting up an infusion tank.

“Are you sure this is going to work?” Emilia asked slowly.

“Just watch and see, as long as it's an organic poison, the phytochemicals from these herbs are going to negate the poison and that should be enough to stabilize her.” 

“I have even seen worse cases than this one which would require an even tougher procedure.”

“Lady Beatrice Williams will get better, you all just have to trust me on this.”

'So much for a fake doctor without a medical license to talk about trust.’ Doctor Carlos muttered to himself as he stood by the door watching.

“Now what?”

“Now we put Lady Beatrice into this bubbling infusion tank, she needs to stay in there for three hours.”

“That's how long it will take to fully de-poisonate her body and blood from that organic poison.”

“Speaking of organic poison, I have been having these weird but necessary questions for you guys.”

“Coming in contact with such a poison is very rare, it has to be by deliberate action.”

“So before I lower Lady Beatrice Williams into the infusion chamber, can I please know of any possible scenario that could have most likely led to Lady Beatrice Williams contacting this deadly poison.”

“I…I really don't know what to say Mr Jack Adams.”

“All I can say is that we were all here before she started complaining about her stomach and a few days later she is now that.” Lord Williams said as he pointed at the bed where Lady Williams lay.

“That's very strange! So no travels or vacation or anything outside the usual?”

“No, not at all, just her regular medical checkup with Doctor Chong,” Emilia replied this time around.

“Doctor Chong is her personal doctor?”

“No, Doctor Chong is one of the Williams family's personal doctors, he handles almost everything about healthcare for me and my family.”

“Almost everything?!”

“Okay you got me, Doctor Chong actually is our lead medical doctor and examiner, he has been treating us all even before this happened to Lady Beatrice Williams.”

“Is that right, he has been treating all of you before this happened?” Jack Adams asked, his face etched with curiosity.

“Yes, are you in any way insinuating that Doctor Chong…poisoned Lady Beatrice Williams?!” Emilia Williams asked.

“No, no, not at all, that would be…absurd!”

“I was just trying to pinpoint all possible forms and loopholes through which Lady Beatrice Williams might have gotten in contact with this high level of organic poison.”

“Well, I have known Doctor Chong for like…forever, he would never betray the Williams family for anything.”

“He knows what we the Williams family are capable of doing, he knows we will hunt him down even in hell.”

“I can vouch that Doctor Chong doesn't have a hand in this issue.” Lord Williams said as he took a deep breath.

“Very well then, but we still need to find out how and why Lady Beatrice Williams was organically poisoned so that we can stop it from happening again.”

“Let's proceed to the final healing process.”

Moments later, Lady Beatrice Williams was now in the depoisoning chamber that Jack Adams had improvised.

The blue-green content was bubbling slowly and the content of the glass chamber was beginning to turn yellow slightly.

“Is it…supposed to be…doing that?” Emilia Williams asked.

“Yes, that's the depoisoning process, the phytochemicals from the herbs are doing their work as we speak.”

“Everyone should just take a deep breath and relax.”

“It's a good thing you people had Mr Lee, the president of Titanium Valley Group, call me on time, if not this could have been worse than it is right now.”

“Lady Beatrice Williams needs to be inside that chamber for at least three hours.”

“Please, on no account should anyone interrupt this process or else we might…”

“We might what?!” Emilia Williams asked, her voice laced with a mixture of trepidation and anxiety.

“We might end up losing Lady Beatrice Williams…forever.” Jack Adams' voice was cold and frightful.

Ring! Ring!! Ring!!! Jack Adam's phone immediately rang.

“I have to take this call outside.” Jack Adams said as he stared at his phone.

“Who is that?” Emilia Williams asked.

“It's Betty Thomas, my ex-wife, we got divorced some hours ago.”

“No one should interrupt the process until I get back!” Jack Adams said before walking out of the ward.

“Hello, what do you want from me?”

“I thought we were divorced already?!” Jack Adams’ voice was cold.