Madeline could not deny it now that Jeremey had asked.

“Yes, I guess so.”

“You guess so?”

“I… I was at the nursing station. The bouquet was already on Lillian’s bed when came back.”

Madeline avoided Jeremy’s gaze when she spoke. She knew that she was being untruthful, but she had to lie to him.

It was because she truly could not make someone up out of thin air.

If she had told him that Shirley was here, Jeremy would certainly be angry.

“Could it have been Fabian?” Jeremy guessed.

Madeline immediately followed along. “Fabian? It’s possible.”

“We’re the only people who know that Lily likes powder blue baby’s breaths. Apart from Fabian, I can’t think of anyone else,” Jeremy said, giving his analysis.

Madeline very much agreed.

Indeed. Besides their parents, who else would understand their children’s preferences?

This shows how thorough Shirley had been in researching them.

On this day, Shirley’s words Madeline kept appearing on her mind from time to time.

This poison was mad