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My spirits lifted, and I pressed on. "Please don't hold back because of this. The divorce is between him and me. But Grandfather has always been so good to me, I don't want him to leave with unanswered questions."

Offering him this reassurance, Albert finally made up his mind to speak. He took out a transparent sealed bag from his pocket, containing only a small pill.

And this pill, I was intimately familiar with.

It was the emergency medicine Grandfather always carried in his pocket.

Albert said, "This was found a few days ago by the servants while cleaning Mr. William's study, under the carpet on his desk."

I took it and examined it closely, a chill running down my spine. The air in Jelaston isn't particularly dry, so if the pill had fallen on the ground a while ago, it should have been somewhat damp. But there was no trace of moisture on this pill inside the bag.

My voice tightened involuntarily. "When was the last major cleaning at the old mansion?"

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