Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 84

Declining Zero’s invitation for supper, Larissa left by herself.

Now that it was past dinner time, the elevators at Microworks were mostly empty. She was able to reach the

first floor very quickly. The security guard recognized her and leaped out of his chair at once.

“Ms. Seymour!” he greeted her, all smiles as he voluntarily opened the special access gate for her before she

could speak.

Larissa thanked him immediately, and he dipped his head as a sign of respect. “Goodbye, Ms. Seymour! Please come again!”

Larissa suddenly had the sensation of mistakenly entering some high–end restaurant.

After walking out of the Microworks Building, she turned back to look, and it was still lit up. At this point, it was already 10 pm.

cars on the road compared to when she just came. Only a couple or so cars could be seen driving past. She waited for a while before an empty

she asked,

said frantically, “Someone’s trying to jump off the Victory General Hospital! It looks like that shitty

she figured that the crew of “The Mediators Room” must have

may be more behind–the- scenes things exposed. But she did not anticipate that Janine would pull the suicide card now that she was cornered.

Janine was only pretending. She would

some local press too. Do you want to go check

Larissa told the driver to change destinations.

the roads were, it only took less than ten minutes for her to get to the hospital from the Microworks Building.

Police cars and a firetruck were already parked nearby. A few policemen were trying to disperse the crowd and maintain order while the firemen were trying

top of the building. She could not tell who it was. however.

A piercing scream came from the top. Larissa

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seemed that it really was her ex–mother–in–law, Ms. Janine Levange.

a new onlooker

one where the woman was bitching about her daughter–in–law? Well, her daughter–in–law set the record straight today. and even said

I watched that episode. I even donated money to them. What,

lying about it?”