Natalie mulled over Sally’s words and said, “That’s possible. The person who attacked you didn’t want you to check the footage. It’s possible that she’s an accomplice of the one who locked me in the toilet.”
“By the way, Nat. Did you guys retrieve the footage?” Sally asked as soon as she recalled her purpose. “Do they still have it?”
Shane and Natalie exchanged gazes. Then the latter shook her head in response. “I don’t think so. The attacker must have taken it after she hit you unconscious.”
At that moment, they realized it was impossible to identify the two women without the security footage.
“Sal, is the broom still there?” Natalie asked because that was the only clue they had.
The latter shook her head. “I don’t know. I had the broom in my hand before the attack. But after that, I’m not sure if it was taken or not.”
“Should I ask them to look for it?” Shane asked.
“We have no other choice,” Natalie replied.
If the broom was nowhere to be found, they could only rely on the organizer to investigate both cases. Moreover, it would be easier to find the offenses through them because only a few designers participated in the competition that day.
“By the way, does Jessie have a male model or a female model?” asked Shane all of a sudden.
“Darling, are you suspecting…”
“Connor and I were monitoring the competition in the dressing room. Then Connor told me that Jessie was staring at you in hostility. So I’m making a guess here. Jessie was the one who locked you there. And if her model is a blonde hair lady, then we have solved the puzzle.”
“Her model is dark-haired Asian, and she is taller than the person who attacked me,” Sally spoke up.
He narrowed his eyes. “That means there are still many designers who are jealous of you.”
“Of course! Nat is a genius designer. It’s only natural for everyone to be jealous,” Sally scoffed.
Meanwhile, Natalie looked completely nonplussed. “Why are you flattering me when you’re in such a condition?”
Sally just sniggered. Suddenly, her eyes widened in shock, and she immediately stood up. Lightheaded, she lost her balance and slumped back into the couch.
“What are you doing?” Natalie was shocked. She quickly sat her up to keep Sally from fainting.
Sally held her forehead and apologized in a muffled voice, “Sorry, I suddenly remembered about the competition. Nat, did I make you…”
Natalie’s eyes dimmed before she could finish her sentence. In the next second, she put on a carefree smile and said, “It’s fine. The competition doesn’t matter, as long as you’re safe.”
The woman cared about her more than the competition because she knew she still had the chance to join it the following year.
“Nat… I’m so sorry, I…”
“The catwalk hasn’t started yet,” Shane interjected.
The two ladies froze in surprise.
“Darling, what did you just say?” His wife gazed at him with hope.
Sally had the same expression as her. “Mr. Shane, did you say that the catwalk hasn’t started yet?”
“Yeah, I asked the host to postpone it for an hour.”
Sally blinked in disbelief. “I didn’t hear you wrongly, did I?”
“No.” At that, Natalie’s eyes lit up. She launched herself to his embrace and thanked him.
Shane’s lips curled into a smile.
However, she pushed him away the very next second. Her happy expression had faded. She gazed up at him in worry and asked, “Darling, aren’t you abusing your power?”
She was aware that her husband was one of the investors in the competition.
He met her gaze. “No, I’m not. I just asked them to postpone the competition. It won’t do any harm to the designers anyway.”
“I’m glad to hear that.” Natalie breathed a sigh of relief.
