Harvey Rivers's roommates tried hard to hold back their laughter, chiming in from time to time, "Yes, Jillian Lowe is right. We can prove it."
Seeing the situation spiral out of control, Seraphina Quinn and Gwen finally snapped back to reality.
"Let me go! Let me go, you lunatics!"
"Let go of us right now! We didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do anything? Then what are you doing here? Just a moment ago, you were screaming about killing her," Harvey pointed out.
Wyatt Wright and the others twitched their lips in amusement.
It didn't take long for the police to arrive, accompanied by Director Raymond Carter of the Campus Security Department.
"What's going on here?" Director Carter asked.
Jillian pointed an accusing finger. "These two claimed they were the ones who sent the assassin the other day. They even told Mira Mercer to watch her back, boasting that they had a 'big gift' for her."
"Exactly! That's exactly what they said. We all heard it," Wyatt added.
"What do you think, Ms. Mercer?" Director Carter asked, seeking Mira's input.
"I really couldn't say. That's just what they yelled at me."
"Nonsense! They're all lying! Don't listen to them!" the two women shrieked in desperation, but Director Carter simply nodded to the police officers.
At that moment, Mira detached the covert recorder from her Digital Brooch Wire, isolating the specific audio clip: *Mira Mercer, your days of arrogance are numbered. Just you wait and see.* She handed it over to the police.
"My recorder is quite small, so it only caught this one sentence. My apologies."
In truth, Mira also had a video recording, but providing both would have aroused too much suspicion. It was better to leave it at that; locking them up for a few days would be more than enough payback.
As the two women were escorted away, peace returned to the dining hall, signaling it was time for Mira and her group to leave as well.
On their way out, Harvey cautiously asked Mira, "The incident those women were bragging about... do you think they meant what happened at the Lance Group?"



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