A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 888

Even the cold-hearted Bernard Laurence didn't expect the person who switched the medications to be Donna Stanley-Laurence.

He was dumbstruck for a while before he could barely believe it: "You actually tried to harm your own son?"

Donna's eyes were red and swollen, and she was shaking her head frantically. "No, no, I was trying to give you the drug, but somehow, even though I clearly switched your medications, he ended up taking it. How could this have happened?"

Upon hearing this, Eleanor Schultz felt a pang of sympathy, clutching Bernard's arm tightly. "So, she was actually trying to kill you."

"Bullshit!”

Donna roared, pointing at Bernard, "Who said I wanted to kill him? The drug would only make him less intelligent; it wouldn't kill him. He's my pet project; I want to torment him for a lifetime; why would I kill him?"

Her son, who had finally gained power, became ill due to overexertion at a young age.

Since childhood, Bernard has been seen as the smartest kid by Blake, who groomed him privately to take her son's place in the future.

How could Donna tolerate the children of that couple taking away what belonged to Dominic? So she switched his medications when he was seriously ill.

Who would have thought that the drug, which accelerated brain degeneration, would be eaten by her own son?

Bernard finally understood why Donna wanted to kill him but didn't actually do it.

It turned out she wanted to keep him around, to torment him for a lifetime...

This kind of thinking shattered the last bit of morality left in Bernard's heart.

But why didn't Sophie just throw away the drugs, but gave them to Dominic instead?

Didn't she know that the drug would harm Dominic's life? Or did she actually want to use Donna's plan to kill Dominic?

Now Sophie's in prison, the reasons for all this can only be found out once he gets into prison, finds her, and grills her; otherwise, Dominic would die in vain.

Thinking of this, Bernard lifted his eyes to look at Donna, who was still wildly guessing.

In the end, he still didn't tell Donna who switched the drugs. Let Donna live out the rest of her life in prison with this doubt and guilt towards Dominic.

Bernard tightly held Eleanor's hand, turning around to leave the prison.