Poisoned

When she woke up, she was in a hospital bed. A doctor stood over her, and she could hear the sound of beeping monitors.

Her head was pounding, and her mouth felt dry.

"What happened?" She croaked, her voice raspy.

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Before the incident, two young ladies sneaked into a dressing room meant for one of the actor's personal use in the theatre, they sneaked in and closed the door quietly.

"Are you sure the CCTV camera was turned off ?" One of them asked.

"Yes, I made sure it was turned off" the other lady whispered afraid to be caught if someone walked in or heard their conversation, so she stood at the door to listen if any footsteps were drawing closer to the room they were in.

While she kept watch, the other lady went to the dressing table and kept a box on it after adding the contents she had in the bottle into the box. She kept it on the table, and she had a wide grin on her face, like that of a person who had accomplished something very big and deserved a reward.

Back to the present.

On the other side, in a big city at night, the lights in the city were turned on, lights of different colors, making the night view more beautiful.

In a dark gloomy room with some cigarette ashes in a tray. There sat a man, very elegant and charming, his long legs crossed across the table as puffs up the cigarette.

The man in the dark room exudes an air of mystery. He is a man of power and influence.

As he takes another drag of a cigarette, he speaks in a low, deep, and commanding voice.

" what has been happening to my betrothed beautiful wife Jasmine?" He asked a wide smile on his lips as he spoke of his betrothed.

"Sir, we have some new information about your betrothed, Jasmine," the spy said, his head bowed down because what he was about to say was not a positive one.

"Go on," the mysterious man said as the wide smile that was on his face turned into that of seriousness seeing the looks of his spy as he relayed what was happening to Jasmine.

"She..she has been poisoned by her co-star, Alice, with the help of her assistant Clara. It seems like Alice is trying to sabotage Jasmine to gain an advantage in their shared career. should we take any actions, sir ?" The spy asked waiting for a new task to carry on.

The man takes another drag of the cigarette, his brows furrowed as he considers this information.

" No, we will not take any actions yet. But I want you to keep a close eye on Alice and her assistant, keep me updated on whatever Alice does, I will tell you what to do next time, you can leave now" he dismissed him.

After the spy goes away. He calls on his PA Ray.

" Ray, go to the hospital where Jasmine has been admitted, go check on her, I want you to report back to me with all the details of her condition".

Ray, who was used to carrying out orders simply responded,

"of course sir. I'll report back as soon as possible with all the information you require " With that, the call disconnected.

At the hospital where Sarah was, the doctor looked at her with a grave expression.

"You were found unconscious in your dressing room," the doctor said. " we're still running tests but we suspect you were poisoned. You're lucky to still be alive". Sarah's eyes widened in horror.

"Poisoned?" She tried to remember what happened before she blacked out. "The chocolates!" Sarah thought feeling a wave of panic. She had to tell someone what happened ASAP!

As she struggled to find her voice, a familiar face appeared in the doorway.

It was Michael. He rushed to her side, his expression filled with worry.

"Sarah, thank goodness you're okay!" Michael said."We were so worried when we found you unconscious" Sarah tried to speak but her throat was too dry."Water", she croaked and Michael quickly grabbed a cup at the bedside, filled it with water, and helped her take a sip.

As the cool water soothed her throat, she felt a little more like herself.

"I was poisoned," Sarah said. Surprising Michael greatly.

"What? That's impossible! No one on set would do something like that. Are you sure you are not just imagining things? Sarah shook her head,

"I'm not" She insisted, "I remember the chocolates, and how they smelled funny. I think someone deliberately poisoned them.

Michaels's face darkened. "We'll have to investigate this," he said. "In the meantime, you need to rest and recover. I'm going to make sure you have round-the-clock security, and no one will be allowed near you without my approval.is that okay with you?" Michael asked and Sarah nodded, feeling a sense of relief.

At least she wouldn't have to worry about anyone else hurting her. But she still had to figure out who had done this and why,

"Do you have any idea who might have done this? He asked.

Sarah thought for a moment. " There is one person who has been angry at me lately," she said slowly "It's Alice. The other actress"

Michael looked surprised "Alice? But she's so… wait," he said, his eyes narrowing."there have been some incidents lately. Small things that went wrong during filming. Things that caused us delays and cost us money to rectify. Things that were blamed on mistakes, but now I'm wondering if they were intentionally done.

Sarah felt a chill run down her spine. Could Alice have done all those things? And if so, why? What did she have to gain from sabotaging the movie? Sarah didn't have any answers, but she was determined to find out.

Sure enough, when they returned to the theater where the movie shoot was held, they checked the security footage, and they saw that it was indeed Alice who had slipped the poisoned chocolates onto Sarah's dressing table. And they saw that Clara had a helping hand in it by standing guard at the door.

After watching the CCTV camera footage, Sarah and Michael were both horrified.

"I can't believe she would do something like this," he said, shaking his head in disbelief.

" I know she's mean but I never thought she was capable of doing such a wicked act, trying to poison you? Like that's just out of it" As Michael spoke, Sarah felt a wave of anger wash over her.

She was determined to make sure Alice was held accountable for her actions.

She isn't some two goody shoes who will just really forgive and forget things that were done against her.