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.

Pearl pleaded, "Please, my friend

refused again.

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

get what you want?" She then took the food away and said, "I don't think you need this now. Go

buy food, taking an extra half an hour. When she returned, she heard a commotion near the nurse's station,

food at Esther's door and approached the chaotic scene at the station. A nurse was restrained

here?" Pearl

a proper watch, and this happened. Luckily, I intervened in time," the

the nurse, who was visibly shaken. "Is

The nurse hesitated. "I..."

confirmed Pearl's question. "Why would you try to hurt her? Who

previous animosity toward Esther.

took some time before slowly saying, "No one asked me to do it. I acted on my

Explain why." She studied the nurse closely, sensing she was withholding the

admitted, her face contorting with resentment. "Why does she get a VIP room and