Chapter 262: Lost Vestiges
Matteo frowned. He didn’t like the idea of Amelia hanging out with Aiden in any capacity, let alone under false pretenses. Amelia saw his reluctance and changed her line of questioning.
"If I don’t meet Aiden, is it possible for you to see if Catherine had her blood drawn instead?" Amelia asked. "Surely Aiden must have left a mark somewhere. He’s not a trained nurse."
"Not unless Aiden screwed up so much that he drew it from her eyeball," Matteo confessed frankly. "If he was so bad at it, I highly doubt my stepmom would have taken it lying down."
"Maybe she couldn’t feel anything," Amelia said. She and Matteo exchanged faint glances of horror. Hopefully, Aiden did not do something as horrific as drug his own mother to extract her blood.
Unfortunately, it did not bode well for Aiden that Amelia couldn’t even find the strength to defend him from the accusatory thoughts in her head. He had already done so much harm, what was one more minor offense in a laundry list of crimes?
"Darn," Amelia cursed softly. She was beginning to feel tired, and she tucked her mother’s diary and all her letters into her purse. There would be more time later to dig through it.
"Do you want to tell your grandpa about this?"
"We have no concrete proof yet, and he just fell asleep," Amelia said. "Maybe next time."
"Fair enough, let’s go back now," Matteo said. "You need your rest. Is there anything else you wish to take from your mother’s room?"