Moreover, today’s gathering was strongly advocated by Evelyn, the restaurant was chosen by Evelyn, and the private room was reserved by Evelyn. When these details are connected, the suspicion seems to subtly point towards Evelyn.
Alice Conley only hoped she was wrong.
Evelyn forced a smile and said, "What are you talking about? I don’t understand at all, Alice. You don’t know, just now in the restroom, Mabel was with a man, Mr. Kinston knocked that man out, carried Mabel away, and I really don’t know what happened."
Alice was worried for her friend and also disappointed with the person in front of her. After all, they’ve been together for four years, and she could naturally tell that Evelyn was forcing herself to stay calm when she said this, "Evelyn, I really hope this has nothing to do with you." After Alice said this, she didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.
Evelyn bit her lip, glaring fiercely at Alice’s back. No way, it won’t be discovered. She had done this very secretly, bribing that waiter to drug the drinks. By now, the cups that had been used should have already been collected by the waiter under some excuse and cleaned, leaving no evidence. As for the man in the restroom, everything he’d done was communicated through a newly bought anonymous phone card; besides contacting this man, the phone card had contacted no one else. As for the man’s payment deposit, she specifically asked someone she didn’t know to open a bank account to transfer the money, so now, there’s no trace leading back to her.
Don’t worry, don’t worry!
Evelyn kept telling herself this.
When Mabel Quinn woke up, she only felt her body was sticky all over with sweat, as if she were completely drained, with no strength at all.
The white room and the furnishings inside it made her realize she was now in a hospital ward.
What had happened? She clearly remembered dining with Alice and the others; she felt a little unwell, so she went to the restroom. Then a man pulled her into a stall, and then...
Her memory was like being cut off abruptly, with only a vague recollection that Kyle seemed to be by her side the whole time. When she was uncomfortable, Kyle seemed to keep saying to her, "Just hold on a little longer, Mabel, just a little longer..."
Mabel Quinn then noticed that the ward seemed a bit disordered, with chairs and a coat rack overturned to the floor, and shards of glass scattered around, as if a fight had occurred. On the glass shards, there were some patches of bloodstains.
On the floor, those droplets of blood led all the way to the bathroom door.
Mabel hurriedly got out of bed and walked quickly to the bathroom door, trying to enter, only to find the door locked when she turned the handle.
Mabel hastily knocked on the door, calling out, "Kyle, are you in there? Open the door, please open the door."
After knocking and shouting for a moment, without receiving a response from inside, just as Mabel was about to run outside the ward for help, the bathroom door suddenly opened, and Kyle Kinston appeared before Mabel, in a disheveled state.
Disheveled... indeed very disheveled. At least, Mabel had rarely seen Kyle in such a condition, which might even be described as wretched.