Chapter 558: Cause of death - Part 2

An hour later, Ian went through the post mortem reports which he received just then from the lab, and what he saw made him narrow his gaze.

"What does the report say, Ian? How did Linda die?"

"Aria, this is bad." Ian sighed and handed the report to her. "Her body has some traces of aspirin, and she is severely allergic to aspirin." He closed his eyes tight and pursed his lips in worry. Although Ian knew how exactly to get out of the situation, one among the three would still be implicated by it, and he knew who exactly would be facing troubles soon.

"Aspirin?" Stuart bent over and read the reports in Aria's hands. "I did not give her an aspirin. When did she consume it? As far as I recall, there was no aspirin in the ward either. We got it all removed lest someone should give it to the patient by mistake."

"Ian, what do you think must have happened?" Aria passed the folder to Stuart, who went through it again.

"I presume Linda must have consumed it when she was in prison, and the reaction must have only taken effect after she was admitted to the hospital." Ian analyzed but Stuart shook his head immediately.

"That is not possible. We performed some tests on her to see if she was drugged by any chance, and she came out clean. There were no traces of aspirin in her whatsoever." He stated, and his words only made Ian frown harder. 

"This is only getting complex. If she did not consume the medicine in the prison and nobody entered the ward after us, there leaves only one possibility then." Ivy expressed her thoughts from the side. "She must have brought the medicine with her and consumed it the moment Ian and Aria left the ward. She had come prepared."

"Yes, Linda had already made plans to trap Aria. She was already prepared to give up her life. Nevertheless, the police were questioning us and accusing up without even going through the reports. They must have planned all of these together." Ian agreed and pressed his forehead in worry.

"What are we going to do now, Ian? How are we going to escape from this situation? Not only will I be blamed, but you have also been implicated by me." Aria bit her lip in worry and stared apologetically at him.

"I am sorry, Ian. It's all because of me that you got dragged into this." Ivy could not stop the guilty from filling her after finding out how horrible the situation had turned out to be. She had wanted to keep her sister safe. But now, along with her sister, Ian too was impacted quite badly.

"Please do not apologize, Ivy. You did the right thing by contacting me. Otherwise, we do not know what Linda might have done to Aria. It could have been worse than this. At least, Aria has me now." Ian assured with a smile. Even though the situation was completely not in their favor, Ian stayed calm, which greatly surprised the other three people.

"What do we do now, Ian? How are we going to escape from this situation?"

"Aria, we will not face any problems," Ian stated and opened a tab that connected to the CCTV footage of different wards at once. "Aria, you do remember that all the wards in our hospitals have cameras. Right?" 

"Oh yeah. I completely forgot about them. We can use the CCTV surveillance to find out what had happened."

"Let me find the video, and we can see what exactly happened at that time." Ian took his chair again while Stuart, Ivy and Aria stood behind him. They watched him work on his computer while he tried to find the video they were looking for.

"Got it." Ian played the video from the beginning and accompanied the other three to find out clues regarding Linda's death. However, they could not find anything of their help. Not once did they see Linda moving out of her bed or consuming any pills in the absence of any nurse or doctors, neither did they see anyone entering the ward before Aria and Ian did.

"What the heck!!" Ivy cursed out loud and rolled her eyes in dismay. "We found nothing in this. What the heck did even happen? When did the woman consume aspirin for her to die moments after you two left the ward?"

Ian replayed the video again. But just like last time, he could not find anything substantial from it. Linda had not once moved her hands, let alone touch her lips for her to have consumed the aspirin pills orally. And no nurse or doctor had entered the ward to give her an infusion. So, they could not find out what had happened and how Linda had ended up dead.

"Ian, play the video from the time when Linda was being treated," Aria commanded from the side, and Ian followed her orders without any objections. "Look at the screen."

Her voice compelled the three people to stare at the screen with a frown as they tried to identify what Aria was hinting at.

"Linda did not consume any pills since the time she entered this ward. The only injection she received was given to her by Stuart. Stuart, what did you ask the nurse to give her?" Stuart stared at himself on the computer screen in shock as he took the injection from the nurse and injected the drug inside Linda's body.

"I asked for an antibiotic since the patient's had her wrist slit. It was....."

Stuart did not even have to continue when they heard him speak from the computer. "Rocephin"

"I made sure that she was not allergic to it before I asked for it."

"This is bad," Ian commented as he stared at the video that was still playing on his computer. "Stuart, there were no traces of Rocephin in Linda's body. All she had was aspirin."

"What do you mean, Ian? Will Stuart be in trouble?" Ivy clenched her fists as she waited for Ian to deny her claims. But all she got was silence.  "But Stuart did nothing to Linda. We can clearly see that it was the nurse who gave the wrong medicine."

"Since we did not even get close to Linda's bed, there is no way in hell the police can blame us for this matter." Ian continued. "But we cannot say the same about Stuart and the nurses who accompanied him. They did touch her and give her some drugs to stabilize her health when she was admitted, and the medicine they gave was exactly the one that triggered the reaction."

"What are you trying to say, Ian? Please tell me Stuart will not be implicated in this." Ivy almost begged, fearing the worst possible scenario.

"I am afraid to say that Stuart might be held responsible for Linda's death. Even though it was the nurse who gave him the wrong medicine, it was he who injected into her."

"But how is it his fault? Didn't he ask for an antibiotic? We can hear it clearly in this video." Ivy argued.

"Yes, Ivy. We can hear what they are speaking. But there are still chances of Stuart being held responsible for this. Ian, we will have to catch hold of the nurse to find out what happened." Aria tried to comfort her sister and glanced at Stuart who stood frozen in his place.

Ian nodded curtly and placed a call to the reception, asking for the nurse who had assisted Stuart in the ward. But the response he got from the other side made him bang the receiver hard on his table.

"The nurse had submitted her resignation in the morning, and she left the hospital once she finished her shift."