Not Again Mr Whitney

After a few minutes of silence, the living room started to be noisy again.

Everyone felt freer since Mrs. Houston wasn’t here.

All the men in the Houston family had gone to attend her, leaving the women and children in the living room.

“That doesn’t seem right. It was such a mess and I nearly forgot. What did that loser Calvin say? Deadly amulet?”

“Yeah, I heard that too. What did he mean? Is there really something wrong with the jade amulet Vincent gave her?”

Betty argued, “Auntie, stop spreading rumors. Vincent spent three hundred thousand on that amulet and you saw it. What could possibly go wrong? If you believe that loser, you are a loser like him.”

“Why are you talking to me like that? I didn’t mean to say that. Then you tell me, why did that chair shattered? Take a look for yourself.”

Betty glanced at the chair and also felt something was off. How could a chair made out of rosewood crumble like a house of cards?

Anyone would think this was odd?

Just as they were talking, Vincent rushed towards them and asked, “Which one of you have the number of the burns department in City Hospital? Call them to send people here.”

Betty grabbed Vincent and asked, “Vincent, what happened? Who got burned?”

Vincent pushed her aside and said, “Who else could it be? It’s Mrs. Houston. This is so weird. We were disinfecting her wounds with iodine and it caught on fire. Mrs. Houston is...”

“What? The alcohol caught on fire...Did any one of you smoke?”

Vincent scratched his head, “No, we don’t even have a lighter on us. How would we smoke? That’s why I think this is weird.

Betty got scared and whispered, “Honey, is it really the jade amulet...”

“Shut up. Don’t be such a paranoid like Calvin. By the way, where’s that loser? Let him get the doctors. Why can he get to hang around and do nothing? We’re exhausted...”

Rita now found out that Calvin was not in the living room. No one knew where he was.

Everybody else was looking for him. All of a sudden, the TV broadcast a news.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the annual autumn auction kicked off in Chelston. Unlike previous auctions, this year's main draw was precious medicines, like the Basilisk Venom, which was sold for $1 million and is said to have the power to extend life and maintain beauty for women...”

go to the auction next time. If

of a sudden, someone yelled, “Guys, look at the Basilisk Venom. Is this the same one as the walnut that

worth a million dollars.

look. It’s dark and looks

God! It is...Extend life

down the way and it was Carrie. She

her. Can’t let her take

me in! Wait

of the mansion and looked round.

was swallowing the venom with its

“No!”

her and swallowed the whole

“Mother...”

and wanted to reach her hand in his mouth. Calvin got scared and

what are

she got crazy, “You jerk! Is worth a million dollars and you

What are you

“Don’t call me mother. You are not my son-in-law anymore.

looked at Calvin and was very puzzled, “Where did you get something

was stunned. “It’s

“A million dollars!”

so generous that she

“I didn’t know that...”

lying. But the women in the Houston family wouldn’t believe that

ungrateful. We had been nothing but kind to you and

us, you can at least share with your

happened. Even though he didn’t know how they knew the Basilisk Venom was

and interrupt their

that this is the Basilisk Venom and it

was dug up from garbage bin. What were you doing

my face like it was garbage.

was like a slap