“What’s going on?”Xavier shouted as he rushed in.
Vanessa,eyes rimmed red,lifted her hand to show soup stains on her forearm.“Xavier,Mia wouldn’t make me food and,in a fit,poured the soup on me.My hand hurts….”
Xavier’s face went pale.He grabbed my wrist.
“Mia!Are you serious?Apologize to Vanessa right now!”
White with pain,I bit my lip and tore my hand from his grip,holding up the burned,blistered palm.“You want me to apologize?Look closely—who deliberately threw the soup,who put their hand on whom?”
He froze.
He turned and gave Vanessa a suspicious look.
Vanessa went pale.
Suddenly she clutched her stomach and wailed,“Ah,my stomach—it hurts so much,Xavier.There’s chicken in the food;I’m allergic to beef!”
“I just asked a question and Mia got angry and dumped the soup on me.If you don’t believe me,check the security footage—I never lie.”
“Ah,my stomach,it hurts…”she sobbed.
Suspicion in Xavier’s eyes was replaced by anger.He looked at me coldly.
Vanessa’s beef allergy—he had told me about it!
“I didn’t do it!Whoever’s lying will be caught on the footage!”I snapped.
Xavier’s temper flared.He scooped Vanessa up and barked an order.“That’s enough,Mia!”