“You’re welcome.” The staff bowed slightly, then turned and left.
Natalie closed the door behind her.
Taking the bag from Natalie, Lina said, “I heard what she said. Tina’s a good person. I wonder what those two did to the contents of this bag.”
One of them stood in front of the chair and blocked it from view, so we couldn’t see what they were doing.
“We’ll know once we take a look,” Sally piped up as she walked over. Her makeup was all done, and she had put on the actual dress and jewelry. She stretched out a hand to reach into the bag.
Natalie quickly stopped her. “Wait!”
Sally withdrew her hand instinctively. “What’s the matter?”
Lina was also staring at Natalie.
Natalie pursed her lips. “Annette and Lacey may be targeting Lina and me, but the person who’s supposed to wear the dress and jewelry is Sally. If they dropped some poisonous insects into the bag or sprayed something that would cause skin irritation, you won’t be able to walk on the runway if you touched it.”
When Lina heard that, she widened her eyes and nodded slowly. “She has a point. Don’t touch it, Sal. They tampered with the dress and jewelry in this bag because they thought that’s what you’re going to wear. I’m sure they intended to prevent you from walking the runway or for something to happen to you on the runway. If that happened, Natalie and I wouldn’t be able to get high marks, and we’d get eliminated.”
“They’re simply too wicked!” Sally fumed.
Natalie massaged her temples. “All right, now’s not the time to get angry. Lina, it’s almost time. Take Sal backstage and get ready for the show. I’m going to take this to Shane and ask him to have someone take a look at it.”
“Okay.” Lina nodded.
Thus, the three of them split up.
Carrying the bag, Natalie went to the lounge to look for Shane and the kids.
They had been secretly spying on the dressing room for the female models, so it would not have been convenient for Shane to be there. Hence, he could only wait in the lounge with Connor and Sharon.
Natalie hurried toward the lounge.
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