Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 600

Everyone in the family knew Cecily adored dolls. She even gifted a few customized dolls to her close relatives in her generation. It wasn't much of a secret, but bringing it up now felt like bad news.

"Nonsense! What does Cecily have to do with Caleb's situation?" Marie was the first to react, chiding Scott.

He toughened up, wanting to say he was telling the truth, as he even had a doll in his room. After discovering that Cecily's doll room consisted of a doll made with the deceased's hair, he discarded the one in his room. Either way, it had been an uncomfortable situation.

"The doll Lucy received had crushed human bones in its head because human remains are the best conduits for dark arts," Shannon suddenly spoke and shot a harsh stare at Cecily. "I heard Hector found a doll with a dead person's hair in your doll room. Is that true?"

Shannon had made the connections while handling Lucy's doll but hadn't delved deeper into it. After all, she couldn't generalize that all dolls were problematic just because of one bad apple; not to mention its widespread popularity now.

Regardless, it was hard not to make such a connection when Caleb, surrounded by Cecily, experienced the same decline in fortune as Lucy. Similarly, she didn't hide her suspicion as well.

When that doll was mentioned again, Cecily turned visibly pale, her countenance smeared with helplessness, disbelief, and panic. "I didn't know that doll was made with a dead person's hair. I customized the doll at a studio…"

Her answer was identical to the other night. Except this time, she didn't shake her head like a madwoman and caused her wound to burst open. She started weeping instead. "Grandma, I swear I didn't know. You have to believe me. If I knew, I would've never placed it at our home."

Marie discarded the strict demeanor she carried with others and soon transformed into an amicable, sympathetic woman. "Don't cry, Cecily. Of course, I believe you. Don't waste your tears, you sweet, sweet girl."

It was well-known that Marie had always been indulgent toward Cecily, her niece from her maternal family. That was also the main reason why Cecily took Marie back home. She knew Hector wouldn't move on from the doll incident and that the only person who could protect her was Marie.