Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1281

Pearl shook her head, trusting her gut feeling. "I think she's acting strange. Could you keep an eye on her for me?"

Doctor Hanson agreed to help, nodding. "Of course, I'll watch her closely. She won't try anything under my watch."

"Thank you, Doctor Hanson. I'm going to grab some food for Esther."

"Don't worry about it," replied the doctor as he stood.

Pearl headed to the hospital's cafeteria to pick up some light snacks, considering Esther was

still recovering and needed easy-to-digest food. Before leaving earlier, Esther requested sweet and sour pork and donuts.

At the cashier, Pearl's card was declined several times. She then offered cash instead.

"We only accept cards, not cash," the cashier stated firmly.

pleaded, "Please, my friend just woke

Pearl's plea and accustomed to the harsh realities of the hospital, refused again. "I can't. If my bosses

her, "If there's any problem, I'll cover twice

"You think you can just look down on people like me and throw money around to get what you

buy food, taking an extra half an hour. When she returned, she heard a

at the station. A nurse was

happened here?"

Pearl. I failed to keep a proper watch, and this happened. Luckily, I intervened in time," the doctor explained,

questioned the nurse, who was visibly

The nurse hesitated. "I..."

would you try to hurt her?

previous animosity toward Esther. They weren't even

slowly saying, "No one asked

harm her on your own? Explain

contorting with resentment. "Why does she get a VIP room and top care when my parents are