Margaret’s Tea
Chapter 09 - Margaret’s Tea
The investigation returned to Lauren’s earlier fainting episodes.
Each happened after she visited the mansion.
Rosa remembered Margaret preparing tea personally, though she never entered the kitchen for anyone else.
Police searched a locked cabinet in Margaret’s dressing room.
They found prescription sedatives issued under another name, crushed tablets, and notes tracking Lauren’s reactions.
One entry read:
Half dose creates confusion without full sleep.
Another:
Need public episode before wedding.
Margaret insisted she only wanted Lauren calmer.
The prosecutor asked why she recorded the dosage.
Margaret had no answer.
Charles claimed he knew nothing.
Then investigators recovered deleted messages.
Margaret: She nearly fell after tea.
Charles: Good. Physician needs one more event.
Julian: Balcony luncheon will provide witnesses.
The family had planned to turn Lauren’s body into evidence against her own mind.
They expected concern to look more believable than greed.
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Instead, the medical patch documented every unexplained chemical change.
The device they considered proof of weakness became proof of poisoning.
