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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