Chapter 15
Chapter 15
The repairman was calm, after meticulously scanning the room with his equipment. He then turned to
Zora, who had been shadowing him the whole time, and asked, "Miss, could you please flick off your
circuit breaker for a minute? I need to test this location."
"Are you sure it's here?" Zora asked impatiently. "There's nothing wrong with my house."
"I need to cut the power to confirm," the repairman explained, "If we don't run these tests now, we
might have to come back later. It's just precautionary. Regular tests like these can prevent sudden
power outages that disrupt everyone's life. And you won't have to complain about us not doing our
jobs."
"Fine, just hurry up. This is so annoying..." Zora's grumbled, her voice gradually fading away.
I quickly went to the bathroom, grabbed the "medicine sausage", and handed it to the repairman. He
gave me a puzzled look before accepting it.
His expression made me feel awkward, but there wasn't much I could do. I was just trying to survive. If
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embarrassing.
Before I could dwell on it, I heard Zora's footsteps approaching. I quickly returned to my bed and barely
had time to cover myself with the blanket before she entered the room.
The repairman finished his work, gave some last instructions, and finally left. Zora lingered for a while,
watching me. She even nudged me with her hand to see if I was awake. Seeing no signs of
consciousness, she muttered something under her breath and left, slamming the door behind her.
With everything back to normal, I let out a sigh of relief. I took out my phone and checked the
surveillance footage. As soon as I got my hands on the phone, I had installed the surveillance app that
connected to the house.
In the footage, I saw Zora enter Carl's room. It was his nap time. She seemed to be very caring
towards Carl, not missing a beat.
Then I saw her leisurely close the door and leave the house. When she returned, her arms were full of
groceries. She must have gone to the market.
I mentally noted the time she left the house. When she left for the market the next day, I turned off the
surveillance and sneaked into Jaylan's study again. However, I couldn't find the key in the secret
compartment.
This made me uneasy. Had Jaylan noticed that his key had been moved, or why else would he have
taken it?
After searching in vain, I gave up. I went downstairs to test the front door lock, and sure enough, it was
locked from outside. I was trapped inside.
Catherine was right, I was under house arrest, and to the outside world, I was out of the country getting
medical treatment.
It seemed like they had everything planned out perfectly. Even if I died, no one would know.
On the fourth evening, Jaylan, who had been absent for days, finally showed up.
He came straight to my room and sat at the edge of my bed, staring at my 'sleeping' form for a long
time.
It wasn't until Zora called him for dinner that he got up. I peeped through my half-closed eyes, and just
as he reached the door, he turned back, giving me a sinister smile. That smile sent a chill down my
spine.
At that moment, my hidden phone buzzed silently. I quickly took it out and swiped open a video call. On
the screen, a puzzled Catherine was looking at me. "Aaliyah, the test results are in. The medicine... it's
just a dietary supplement. It won't harm you."
"What?" I sat up in shock, murmuring, "That's impossible!"