Chapter 369

Allison held a tray with a bottle of wine, giving Linda a cold nod Linda squirmed a bit. “Allison, did you see the text I sent you?”

“Which one? I don’t check my phone while working.”

“Oh, the one about Mrs. Flanagan arriving. She’s in Serena’s office now”

As Linda prepared to leave, the elevator slowly ascended. Allison remained silent for a few seconds before saying, “Thanks.”

“You don’t need to thank me, Allison. I’m sorry about last time, I… I didn’t mean to. But when Penelope asked, I… I blurted it out. They all know we’re close, and think I knew your whereabouts. I couldn’t hide it, I.

“Linda, I don’t blame you.” She understood Linda’s predicament. But she didn’t need a friend who betrayed her.

The Flanagans paid well, and there was no need for Linda to risk losing her job to cover for her. But Allison wasn’t a saint, she didn’t plan on having any contact with Linda in the future.

The elevator doors opened, and Allison walked out. Linda watched her leave, sometimes she envied Allison’s freedom.

At midnight, Allison rubbed her shoulders, tallied up the day’s bar tab, got approval from the manager, and headed to the changing room.

“Allison… someone called her name.

Allison was changing, the changing room was all women, and her colleagues were coming and going after work. She responded but didn’t look back.

Again, “Allison, I need to talk to you.”

Allison was buttoning her blouse, finally recognizing the voice as Tina’s. She turned to see Tina standing there. “What do you want?”

Tina worked under Serena, so Allison didn’t interact with her much.

Tina gritted her teeth. ‘Remember a few days ago, you were on the second floor, and Carol came to replace you to go to the sixth floor?” “I remember, what’s up? You can just say it.”

-Tina started, “That night, did you feel unwell, like…”

Allison’s gaze sharpened, she fastened her blouse and approached Tina. “What do you know?”

Tina said, “Change first, then come with me afterward. I need to talk to you about that night.”

In the break room, it was just Allison and Tina.

Tina decided to spill the beans. She had done a lot for Serena, but for a small matter, Serena wanted to fire her. She decided not to cover for Serena anymore! Serena never treated her like one of her own, and she’d be the first to take the fall.

“You were supposed to work on the second floor, but Serena called me out of the blue, and asked me to move you here. So I had Carol switch your post. Then when you showed up, I handed you a tray with drinks. There were drugs in the drinks. I don’t know what kind. Serena instructed me to do this. I was only responsible for handing it to you! Then I was supposed to watch you closely and report to her If anything happened.”

Allison had suspected Serena all along, and sure enough, it was her. Through recent events, she had figured out the truth. Leah must’ve wanted to fire her, to drive her away from Northfield. So she first approached Sarah to fire her, but Sarah refused, so Leah turned to Serena.

“The drink you gave me had drugs in it? How did you know Lucian would drink it?”

“Mr. Lindberg? I thought it was Mr. Burke?”