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.”
resting on the blanket clenched. “You’re right. When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby. She must have heard me say that I was hitting the
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
use. It’s not like there’s surveillance in the shower room. We have no way of proving that she planted the body wash. Even if tests revealed that the body wash
this isn’t an option, what
a moment of thought, she proposed, “Unless we can get a recording of her admitting to deliberately harming me, all of our efforts will amount
won’t be easy.” With a sinister smile, he continued, “But I can have someone threaten her
as she was about
Charles grumbled as he went toward the
opening it, he discovered Toby and
greeted with a slight
fell and he asked without ceremony, “What
his gaze squarely, Toby explained, “We’re looking for
same as the previous evening, that proved he spent the night
Sonia alone in a room together, Toby’s gaze darkened and he felt inexplicably
Charles?” Sonia asked a little weakly from inside the
of him and called back
was silent for a few moments before Sonia finally said,
then stepped aside, albeit a
a nod before leading Toby in with her
the
Sonia was seated against the head of the bed
ache faintly at the sight of
look, Sonia smirked in amusement and asked, “Are you concerned about
instantly tightened her grip
was acting a little strangely toward Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in a cold and detached voice, “There’s nothing
asking
loosened her grip on his
forward in a broad stride and blocked Tina’s view of her, miming a digging motion
her lip.
me!” And then, he acted like he was
of his suit jacket and begging in
his back, Toby held up the other in a ‘stop’ motion in
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