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.”
When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby. She must have heard me say that I was
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!
in the shower room. 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
“So, if this isn’t an option, what should we
recording of her admitting to deliberately harming me, all of our efforts will amount to
he continued, “But I can have someone threaten her while
right as she was
as he went
opening it, he discovered Toby
Tina greeted with a slight
Charles’ face fell and he asked without ceremony,
“We’re looking for
the
of Charles and Sonia alone in a room together, Toby’s
asked a little weakly
called back in a raised voice,
was silent for a few moments before Sonia finally said,
aside, albeit a little
a nod before leading Toby in with her arm around
the
pajamas, Sonia was seated against the head of the bed
sight of her. Subconsciously, he gentled his voice
him a curious look, Sonia smirked in amusement and asked, “Are you
tightened her grip
if prompted, he realized that he was acting a little strangely toward Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in
was that he was asking out of politeness and not
Tina loosened her grip on his arm
broad stride and blocked Tina’s view of her, miming a digging motion with his fingers and saying, “I’ll gouge your
her lip. “You
a chuckle, he answered, “Try me!” And then, he acted like he was about to
to the hem of his suit jacket and begging in a quavering voice,
around her behind his back, Toby held up the other in a ‘stop’ motion in front of Charles and glared coldly.
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