Sonia pursed her pale lips and said, “I did fall down by myself, but I feel like things weren’t as simple as they looked.”

“Do you suspect something, baby?” Charles asked as he looked at her.

She nodded. “I fell because I stepped on something slippery as I came out from the stall. When I was on the floor, I smelled something fragrant, like body wash.”

“Why would there be body wash in front of your stall?” His eyes widened in astonishment.

 

“I have no clue either.”

Stroking his chin, he mused, “Could it be that someone dropped their body wash as they passed by and it spilled right on your doorstep, and you were unlucky enough to step in it?”

Narrowing her eyes, she answered, “Maybe, but the chances don’t sound too high.”

“Why do you say so?”

Tilting her head slightly at him, Sonia answered, “Because I didn’t hear the sound of anything falling while I was taking a bath.”

Which was to say someone stealthily and deliberately placed the body wash in front of her door.

 

Instantly, Charles stood up. “Then it has to be Tina. She and Toby are our only two enemies at this resort and since he couldn’t possibly enter the ladies’ room, that leaves only her.”

that was resting on the blanket clenched. “You’re right. When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby.

rose and fell dramatically with rage, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, snarling, “What a poisonous snake that woman is! We have to make a police report. We must!

We have no way of proving that she planted the body wash. Even if tests revealed that the body wash on the floor is the kind she uses, she could lie and say she spilled it by accident. She wouldn’t be found guilty at

this isn’t an option, what should

recording of her admitting to

won’t be easy.” With a sinister smile, he continued, “But I can have someone threaten her while wearing a wire. She’ll fall for

right as she

it?” Charles grumbled as

discovered Toby and Tina standing

Tina greeted with

fell and he asked without

Toby explained, “We’re looking for Sonia.

same as the previous evening, that proved he spent

a

Sonia asked a little weakly

Charles stared at the couple in front of him and called back in a raised

was silent for a few moments

aside, albeit a

said with a smile and a nod before leading Toby in with her

his eyes, Charles shut the door and followed behind

seated against the head of the bed and her head was bandaged. Her face was pale and she

the sight of her. Subconsciously, he gentled his

smirked in amusement and asked, “Are you concerned

tightened her grip

Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in a cold and detached voice, “There’s nothing odd about asking how the injured are doing while visiting

was that he was asking out of

loosened her grip on his arm and gave Sonia a smug

broad stride and blocked Tina’s view of her, miming a digging motion with his fingers and

bit her lip. “You

he acted like he was about to chase after

to the hem of

other in a ‘stop’ motion in front

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