Jeremy had spoken in a concise and commanding tone, making Melody feel like he was asking for her, rather than the cinnamon rolls.
Still, she pushed the plate toward him
Her voice was barely above a whisper. “They’re made of cream cheese. I don’t know if you ll like them.”
After their engagement, she rarely cooked for him. They usually ate at the hospital cafeteria or went out for their meals..
Even when they stayed in, they typically ate separately.
However, she vaguely remembered that he had liked cinnamon rolls from when they were teenagers.
Her
took the plate
and
said nothing. With the faintly sweet aroma of the rolls filling the air, he picked up a fork and ate one
Neither of them spoke.
She held her phone and watched him est absentmindedly, never linigining there would be a day when he would be seated next to her having the food Then, he asked all of a sudden, “When did you take the pictures?
She snapped back to reality. He must have seen the pictures on her phone.
d she mad
made
The woman in the photo–whose long hair cascaded down her chest–wore a white button–up shim, Booking obedient and demure. No matter how modest her attire was, it couldn’t hide her figure.
She quickly locked her screen, and her cheeks reddened. “It was a side job. Felicia’s friend is a photographer and needed a model.”
He paused before gazing at her. “A side job? You have time for thur-
Working in the hospital was exhausting enough, so he never thought she had the energy for a side job
“Tonly go on weekends when i have the day off. It doesn’t interfere with work.”
He nodded. It wasn’t his concem, anyway.
When Melody saw that Jeremy had finished eating, she cleaned up the dishes and took them to the kitchen. However, when she returned, he was still seated there She looked at him in confusion.
Then, he suddenly aslard, “Does it still hurt there?
Her heart slapped a beat, and her whole body stiffened, causing her to stammer,
Since jeremy had agreed to help her request access to the security footage, he went to talk to Benson the next day.
Melody and Tittany went to view the footage together. However, nothing seemed off, apart from a brief power outage one morning.
It was Ophelia’s reminder that resulted in Melody replaying the segments where the cleaning statt repeatedly entered Tessa’s room. Yet, Melody still didn’t m anything unusual
Titany sighed. “Why does this give me the creeps? Who the hell did this? There’s not a single clue–it’s ridiculous.”
Melody stared at the footage, deep in thought. Then, she asked, “Do you remember when the power went out? Why don’t I have any memory of that?”
“The timestamp says Saturday. You were off that day. It was just a routine inspection. The puwer was only out for about ten minutes.”
“All the footage is intact–cept for that gap” Melody added, “And that was just two days before Tessa’s incident went public,”
She had noticed the outage before but hadn’t thought much of it. Powermaintenance at a hospital wasn’t unusual,
It it weren’t for Ophelia and Felicia pointing it out, she might never have questioned it.
Ten minutes was more than enough time to do a lot, though. It was especially so in the moming when the medical staff were busy with rounds and easily distracted. Tiffany was shocked. “So you’re suspecting the cleaning statt?
“Not exactly.” Melody was troubled
It was just like what relicia had said. It Melody did not resolve this quickly, no one would no longer care once Tessa passed away.
Then, the blaine would follow her for the rest of her life.
On their way back from reviewing the footage, they ran into Jeremy and Harold at the nurses station.
Haroldasked, “Well Did you find anything this time)
“I’m not sure yet.” Melody didn apk you, though. Is that okay!”
want to reveal too much before she had concrete answers. Then, loolding at Jeremy, she continued, “There’s something I’d like to
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