He was out of options, so he let Dorothy take a stab at acting.

But in the plan, Everett had no intention of letting Dorothy actually meet Lane!

That guy was pretty much off his rocker these days, capable of anything really.

If he decided to harm Dorothy, well, nothing was off the table.

"I... he didn't do anything to me..." Dorothy, knowing she was in the wrong, lowered her voice.

"What about Kevin? You need to get in a cab and head back to Bay Residence now."

"Oh, Kevin? He's around, but he has no clue what I was up to!" Dorothy quickly took Kevin out of the equation, "I can't head back to Bay Residence just yet, I got a bit of a situation with Karen. I'll swing by her place and then I'll head back, okay?" Everett paused for a few seconds, "Karen needs you for something?"

"Yeah! Girl stuff, nothing to do with Lane. If you don't believe me, you can ask Jeffrey. I'm almost at his place!" Dorothy hurriedly added a laugh, slightly coquettish, "I've already met with Lane, so scolding me now won't change anything. Don't get mad at yourself! I'll explain everything once I get back!"

there,

wanted to cut the call before Everett could

pulled up in front

of the car, her phone

It was Karen calling.

pick up, instead,

and seeing Dorothy, was stunned for a few seconds before speaking, "Dorothy? What

trouble! He went snooping around Lane, trying to find

about to talk about

confused, "How did you

out because Lane had taken the call right in

"Before he lost contact, he told me if he found the antidote, he'd activate this tracking system so

Dorothy took a look.

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