Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

“Oil?” Joyce was dumbfounded. “Why would there be oil in front of the restroom?”

“I’ve no idea either, but it definitely feels like it,” Natalie replied tentatively.

“Let me have a look.” Joyce helped her over to the side so that her friend would be able to prop herself up against the wall before she let go. The former then returned to the restroom door before bending down to investigate the floor.

She noticed the glisten of some watery substance near the spot where Natalie had slipped and fallen earlier.

“It is as I have suspected.” The fingers on Natalie’s supporting hand tightened against itself.

Having water outside of the restroom floor was nothing out of the ordinary.

The presence of oil, however, suggested something else. More significant to this discovery was that it was there only when she came out. This was proof of foul play, and she had a good idea of who the culprit might be.

“Let me have a whiff of it, Joyce. I want to know what kind of oil it is!” Natalie said in a low voice.

Joyce nodded. She got to her feet before she extended her finger.

Natalie lowered her head, a subtle fragrance hovered near her nostrils. “It’s an essential oil which is used

similar to the type she had noticed on Jasmine. So it would seem

the mounting anger apparent on Natalie’s face as she came over to support the latter

“It was Jasmine. She did it on

feet. She paused and

are; to compete in the bidding exercise. When I ran into her in the restroom earlier, she told me that she was not going to let me win. I suppose that greasing the

we are going to stomach this, Nat. Let’s go find her and

friend’s sleeve. “The bidding process is still ongoing. If we were to confront her now, we could get blacklisted by the organizers. I’d say we

Joyce as she composed herself. “You may be right. We should return to the hall

“Okay.” Natalie nodded.

then made their way back in each

Natalie being helped in,

infuriated that Natalie

not elude the attention of Shane in

eyes were locked onto her feet briefly before he summoned Silas. “Get the organizer to