Unexpectedly, one of the girls from the dorm recognized Susan and ran toward her with red-rimmed eyes upon noticing her arrival.
Susan froze for a moment, but she soon remembered who the girl was since she had a good memory.
“Oh, it’s you. You’re the girl who always hangs out with Zaylynn, right?”
“Yeah, we’re besties. Susan, we all ate the food Zaylynn brought, and we’re still alive and kicking. I don’t believe Holly died because of the food!”
“Yeah! Everyone in this dorm room ate the food, but we all didn’t experience any discomfort at all!”
Susan was surprised to see so many of them defend Zaylynn. I guess Zaylynn is quite popular among these girls.
She tried to console all the anxious girls. “Calm down, girls. Let’s find out more about the case first, okay? We’ll be able to analyze the situation once we’ve gathered more information about it.”
Susan even assured them, “I want you girls to know that I’ll be able to help Zaylynn if she really is innocent. You have my word.”
After hearing Susan’s words, the few girls fell silent for a moment. Then, they gave Susan a better picture of the incident.
The previous night, after dinner, someone had brought the leftovers to the dorm. The girls had all gotten excited and started munching on the drumsticks and burgers.
As for the deceased girl, Holly Halford, she was actually not from the same faculty as them. She was a computer science student, and she had come to their dorm to look for a friend.
“Since she was at our place, we offered her our food. It’d be awkward if we didn’t do that, wouldn’t it?”
“Yes.” Susan nodded in agreement.
“So that was why we shared our food with her. But somehow, she felt sick soon after she left the dorm. We ate the same food, but nothing happened to us.”
The girls started to get agitated again.
Susan knitted her brows. That’s strange. They ate the same food, yet the girl named Holly was the only one who lost her life because of it. How strange.
Susan then left the dorm.
While she was on her way to meet Ian and Timothy, she bumped into Yasmin, who had just returned to the campus.
With a backpack on her back and a stack of revision materials in her hands, Yasmin entered the dorm with a solemn expression on her beautiful face.
“Good morning, Yasmin. You’re early today.”
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