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.

in the quiet cafeteria to borrow a card from, Pearl pleaded, "Please, my

plea and accustomed to the harsh realities of the hospital, refused again. "I can't. If my bosses find out, I'll be in

tried to reassure her, "If there's any problem, I'll cover

throw money around to get what you want?" She then took the food

left and found another place to buy food, taking an extra half an hour. When she returned, she heard a commotion near the nurse's station, but

the station. A nurse was

happened here?"

and this happened. Luckily, I intervened in time," the doctor

who was visibly shaken. "Is

The nurse hesitated. "I..."

"Why would you try to hurt her? Who asked

toward Esther. They weren't even

one asked me to do it. I acted

"So, you just decided to harm her on your own? Explain why." She studied the nurse

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