CRUSH THOSE HURDLES AND MOVE ON!
Mrs Payne sent Laila to her home and told her to come regularly for the job from the next day. She kept checking Ruth's wrist and her chest, noticing the improvement slowly.
Now was the good time for Mrs Payne to take a look at that vase and the flowers. She closed the door of the chamber and took out the vase carefully.
She did not know which part was poisonous or if there was any other danger. But she had to do it before Edwin came. Many secrets of Ruth had been revealed recently. More than Mrs Payne's liking. And if this went on, then there would be a day soon when her identity would not remain a secret anymore.
And that was the last thing Mrs Payne wanted.
She emptied the vase on the table not before spreading a sheet of cloth on it as a measure of safety. She did not want to leave any traces behind.
She found the note little crumbled at corners folded in the bottom of the vase. Pulling it out, she began reading it.
'At last, you indeed got lost in your MAZE OF GREED!'