The maid happily left the room and headed straight to the deck. As soon as she left, Rachel walked out of the room. She walked towards the stairs and tapped the earpiece in her left ear with her finger. She heard Quintin’s voice in her ear. “Boss, head to basement one and go left. The fifth room is Alice’s.” Rachel hummed her acknowledgment. Quintin was looking at two red dots flashing on the digital blueprint of the entire ship on his tablet.
You only have to ask me to do it.” “No! I told you that I’ll avenge Abby,” Rachel said firmly. By now, she had reached the basement. Quintin pursed his lips and wanted to argue, but he kept quiet when he saw the distance between the two red dots decrease on his tablet. He didn’t want to say anything because he was afraid he would distract Rachel. Rachel reached the fifth room. Once again, Quintin’s voice came over the earpiece.
“Boss, you only need to stick that thing on the doorknob. The moment Alice touches it to open the door, her hand will get contaminated with the powder.” Rachel took out a small round packet from her pocket. Her eyes darkened, and she tore open the wrapper and stuck what was inside on the doorknob. Then, she proceeded to take a medicine bottle from her pocket and swallowed one pill.
It was the antidote for the sticker she had just stuck on the doorknob. The sticker was made of powder, and the most important ingredient was datura. Datura caused people to have hallucinations. It could also make them weak. Although there wasn’t much datura in the powder, it was quite potent.
As soon as it touched someone’s skin, it would penetrate the body and affect the people without them realizing it at all. Quintin asked, “Boss, have you taken the antidote? Do you feel any discomfort?” Rachel answered by tapping her earpiece twice.
Hearing the two taps, he breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he noticed that the other red dot was nearing Rachel “Boss, hide! Alice is coming out!” Quintin spoke in a hurry. By then, Rachel had also heard footsteps from the other side of the door. She quickly hid. The door to Alice’s room opened with a click.
In the dim corridor light, Alice sneaked out and headed in the opposite direction. She quickly disappeared from Rachel’s sight. After Alice left, Rachel leaned against the wall and didn’t leave. She waited until she heard Quintin’s voice in her ear again. “Boss… It seems Alice is heading to your room.” Quintin frowned, and the expression on his face turned cold as he watched the red dot on his screen.
‘To my room?’ Rachel smirked. “Is she really that impatient?” Alice walked to Rachel’s room with malice in her eyes. At that time, most people were on the deck watching the fireworks. She had already found out that Rachel hadn’t gone but was in her room. This was a good opportunity to get rid of her.
Within moments, Alice disappeared from the maid’s view. The maid muttered in confusion, “Wrong room? Why did she take so long to say that?” The maid shrugged and turned to knock on the door. “Miss Bennet?”
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