Lena knew her way around this mansion like the back of her mind. However, she needed Noah, who was watching the hallways using the cameras, to make sure she will not be found out. She has about 10 minutes before things get suspicious. She quickly climbed up the stairs.
"The main hallway is clear." Noah spoke through the earphone. Lena gave him a thumbs up, wherever the camera was. She slowly but speedily walked to Madam Yang"s office which was at the end of the hall.
She took out a pair for small gloves, put them on and tried to see if the door was locked. As suspected, it was locked. Lena pulled out another tool. It was a door picking needle. James gave it to her.
"Now just do it as we taught you." Noah spoke to her. Lena nodded. She poked in the long needly first and kept poking and twisting it until she heard a click. "Great job."
Lena walked in and silently closed the door. She was finally in. She walked quickly to the trash, hoping that it has not been cleaned yet. Madam Yang did not like her room to be cleaned a lot and ask it to be cleaned on a case by case basis.
The G.o.ds were blessing Lena with good luck today, the cracked phone was still there. She picked it up, broke the phone and took out the sim card. She put the phone back in the trash and covered it with the other trash.
She locked the door and closed it. She made sure it was still locked. Lena gracefully walked down to the first floor.
"You should hurry so you can meet up with the worker." Noah hinted.
Lena quietly went down the stairs and interacted with the worker. "I was just looking for you." Lena spoke. "I can take this to Eva."
Lena went back to the room with the ginger tea. "I got you your tea. Drink it while it is still warm." Lena handed her the drink. "You seem better now so I am going to leave."
Eva nodded and Lena left the room. She walked down the hallway happily but suddenly someone grabbed her from behind. Lena was about to scream but the hand covered her mouth. She bit the hand and turned around to poke the man with her doork.n.o.b picking needle.
She stopped and looked at the man. "Keso?"
"Shhhh…" He picked up Lena who silently yelped. He draped her over his shoulders. He took her to a room and climbed out a window with Lena on his shoulders still. Lena could tell that they were exiting out the back. She did not dare make a sound. If Keso was here… that means… her teacher found out what she was up to.
Keso gently let Lena onto the ground when they reach the car that was parked, hidden in the back. Keso opened the door and Lena did not need to glance to know that Kris was inside. Lena resistantly got inside. She closed the door herself. She took off her earphone and stuff it back into her purse.
"How did you know I was up to something?" Lena started the conversation after a while when Kris has not said a word.
"Since you put something in her drink." He responded.
"You have a really keen eye…"
"You would need one if you wish to survive and spot your enemy"s every move."
"So… do you want to know what I found out?"
"No. You can tell me about it when you figure it out yourself."
"Ah? Then why did you even come to pick me up if you were not curious about what I was doing?" Lena perked herself from her seat and stared at Kris.
"To make sure that everything was alright."
"Did you worry about me?" Lena asked.
"No. This is your first time and you are sure to fail at some point if you are too overconfident."
"That is called worrying, you know?"
Kris turned away and looked out the window. Lena noticed that James was following them right behind, so at least she knew she did not just leave him. The rest of the ride was quiet. James followed them until they reached the apartment building. Lena thanked Keso for the drive and waved at James to show him that she was fine.
The day has not turned dark yet. Lena walked in with Kris but she stopped at her elevator while he continued on. She watched him while she waited for her elevator. He got into his first and after a minute, her elevator door opened.
Lena entered the elevator and pressed her floor number, 56. It usually takes a few minutes before it arrived. When she got into her home, she tossed her purse into her bed and changed out of her dress. She was now wearing a tank and some shorts.
She opened her purse and took out the medicine bottle and sim card. She placed the sim card on her desk and brought the medicine bottle back to her in the kitchen. There was a small cabinet in the kitchen where she put her medicine.
But what she needed was a small zip bag to put one of the pills in to send it to the lab to confirm what it was. She placed the medicine bottle on the counter and opened it. She took one pill out and looked at it.
Just then, her doorbell rung. She placed the pill on the counter and went to see who it was. She looked at the monitor and it was Kris outside her door. He looked sick.
"Did you forget something?" Lena opened the door slightly and poked her head out.
"Do you have any headache medicine?" Kris wondered. He slightly tilted his head and touched his the side of his forehead.
"You don"t have that in your luxurious penthouse?"
Kris stared at her like having medicine was supposed to be a normal thing. Lena shook her head. If this man does not have medicine in his home, then she wondered what other things he did not have.
"You"re banned from entering my home." Lena clarified.
"Are you that greedy? I asked for medicine, not dinner." Kris retorted back.
"Fine…."
Lena let Kris in and directed him to sit on the sofa while she goes get him the medicine. She went to the medicine cabinet and looked for the aspirin. She found it lurking in the back behind her vitamins. She took it out and was about to open it when her phone in her room started ringing. She ignored it and continue to open the medicine bottle.
The ring stopped and it rang again. She was having a little difficulty opening the bottle. She put it down and went to answer her phone instead. Second time calling usually mean something important.
She walked past Kris before heading to her room. She glanced at him and he looked quite in pain. "Gotta answer the phone, might be an emergency. The medicine is over there." She pointed to the kitchen. "I already took it out. Gla.s.ses are up in the cabinets."