Sophia made her way to the washroom in a relaxed manner, but when she called out to Robin at the basin top, her voice was met with silence. Therefore, she decided to enter further into the washroom, where she was greeted by a few cubicles. Then, she knocked on the door of every cubicle and asked whether Robin was in there, but to no avail.
In that instant, Sophia was overwhelmed by a panicky feeling. When Robin left the room, she seemed to be properly walking, and her eyes looked fine. Thus, I reckon she must be sober. After that, Sophia exited the washroom and looked to her left and right to see whether she could spot anything unusual. This is an area where people frequently pass by, so nothing bad could possibly happen here, I guess.
As soon as Sophia returned to the room, Zack leaned closer and asked, “What’s wrong? Did I scare your friend, Robin, so badly that she ran away?”
Sophia frowned and said, “I couldn’t find her.” After that, she turned around and saw Robin’s phone on the table, instantly recalling the same thing that happened when she herself went missing without her phone with her earlier. Then, she scratched her head and dragged Logan aside. “Robin is missing. Can you help me find her?”
“Missing?” Logan paused. “How come? Did she learn that from you?”
Sophia furrowed her brows and replied, “I don’t know, but can you ask the manager and see if we could check the security footage or something? Look, she didn’t even bring her phone with her, so there is no way we can reach her right now.”
Logan didn’t take her seriously, but he stood up and answered, “Alright, alright. I’ll ask the manager right away. You’re really a bad influence for Robin, Sophia. Do you know that?”
Needless to say, Sophia was not in the mood for jokes as she only followed Logan out of the room to confront the manager. Upon hearing Logan’s request, the manager politely agreed without much hesitation. Then, he took them both to the security room that was guarded by a few men. Soon, the manager approached one of the personnel and instructed him to specifically extract the security footage that showed Sophia’s room entrance. Since they were able to provide accurate details about the time, it didn’t take long for them to find the part of the footage they were looking for.
With her eyes glued to the screen, Sophia saw Robin exiting the room as the latter made her way to the washroom. While Robin was walking there, her normal walking posture obviously suggested that she was still sober at that time. A few minutes later, Robin was seen exiting the washroom, but she didn’t come out by herself. Instead, she was dragged by someone in black attire with a cap that covered the person’s appearance in the footage.
Sophia was taken aback by that shocking sight, while Logan was left with his eyes wide open. “Who is that person? I’m sure whoever did that isn’t among us.” Obviously!
The next moment, Sophia immediately told the staff member to rewind the footage, noticing the mysterious figure already waiting outside their room before Robin exited. This fella is apparently waiting outside our room to prey on us.
Since Robin looked like she was in a mindless trance when she came out of the room, she might have been mistaken as one of the customers who had just merely gotten drunk. Therefore, the passers-by didn’t take that seriously, thinking it was just another common sight. Besides, the footage also showed that the mysterious figure took Robin to the elevator before making for the exit. Then, the surveillance camera at the karaoke entrance also managed to capture the moment when Robin was stuffed into the car moments before she was taken away.
Upon seeing that, Sophia’s heart sank. “No! This matter has gone terribly wrong now! We need to call the cops right away! This is getting serious!” Meanwhile, Logan, who had drunk quite a bit, immediately sobered up. He then cursed as he finally realized that this matter was much more severe than the last time Sophia went missing. At the same time, the hotel manager, who knew that the issue had gotten out of hand, quickly reached for his phone and called the police.
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