Sharon immediately complied and took a spoonful. She closed her eyes a bit to savor it. Then she looked at Sally who was also filling her own bowl with a soup, "Yes, it tastes good."
Sally just smiled sweetly and started drinking her soup as well. They had an enjoyable meal together all in all.
After dinner, Sharon followed Sally to the kitchen to help her clean up. However, Sally stopped her and said, "Leave everything to me here. You should take a bath now and go to bed. You need to get up early tomorrow."
"No, it's okay. I won't have any problems getting up tomorrow. Besides, I'm so excited to go home so I'll definitely wake up early. Moreover, I've already texted Greg your address so he will surely come to pick me up," Sharon countered with a smile. She insisted on helping Sally with the dishes.
But Sally firmly didn't want her to help. So when she was about to wet her hands, Sally hastily stopped her. Sally was acting so naturally that Sharon didn't doubt her at all when she said, "You don't really need to do this. Listen to me, okay? You should go to bed now. It was an honor for me to have dinner with you so let me just finish the cleaning. You don't need to help me at all."
Since Sally was really firm, Sharon waved her hand and gave in. She smiled to Sally and said, "Okay then, I'll go to my room now."
As she saw Sharon entered her room and closed the door, the smile on Sally's face disappeared.
'Sharon, this is the last present I can give you, ' she said to herself.
Then she closed the kitchen door and started to clean up cautiously. She put all the dishes in the sink and poured lot of sanitizer on them to wash any evidence off.
She cleaned up and sterilized every spot in the kitchen so as not to leave any evidence behind her.
It was already nine in the evening when she finished cleaning up and went out of the kitchen. But instead of going to her bedroom, she went to Sharon's room. She was about to touch the doorknob to open it but she changed her mind.
She turned around and walked to her own bedroom. She thought of doing something else.
Two hours later, she finished packing almost all of her stuff. Only a few items were left in the closet.
She looked around her bedroom for the last time but she felt nothing in her heart. Then she took her luggage and stepped out of the bedroom.
When she reached the living room, she turned to look at Sharon's door. She somehow felt a sense of guilt.
'Sharon, don't blame me for doing this to you. I just can't let you go that easy. You know everything about my plan and they might use you against me. I can't take the risk by letting you go. I can only get away from this if you die, ' Sally talked to Sharon in her mind.
She stood there for a good three minutes before she finally decided to leave. But before she walked out of the apartment, she thought, 'In your next life, don't value money and fame too much. Have some dignity if you can.'
She then turned around and headed for the door.
Sally immediately got in her car and drove away. Her sports car sped up along the road in the dark night. There was no regret at all. She could only feel joy and relief in her heart and it showed in her eyes.
While she was driving, she put on her bluetooth earphone and dialed a number.
"Hello," greeted a man's voice from the other end of the line.
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