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.”
clenched. “You’re right. When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby. She must have heard me say that
Charles’ chest rose and fell dramatically with rage, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, snarling, “What a poisonous snake
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
he grumbled, “So, if this isn’t an option, what should
“Unless we can get a recording of her admitting to deliberately harming me, all of our
continued, “But I can have someone threaten her while wearing a wire. She’ll
she was about to reply, the doorbell
is it?” Charles grumbled as he went toward
he discovered Toby
greeted
face fell and he asked without ceremony, “What do
explained, “We’re looking for Sonia.
the same as the previous evening,
Charles and Sonia alone in a room
asked a little
front of him and called back in a raised voice, “It’s
moments before Sonia
then stepped aside, albeit a
and a nod
Charles shut the door
head of the bed and her
some reason, Toby felt his heart ache faintly at the sight of
him a curious look, Sonia smirked in amusement and asked, “Are you
her grip
strangely toward Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in a cold and detached voice, “There’s nothing odd about asking how
asking out of
on his
of her, miming a digging motion with his fingers and
bit her lip.
me!” And then, he acted
clinging to the hem of his suit jacket and begging in a
a ‘stop’ motion in
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