Catherine was baffled. "What could’ve happened to m e?"
"It's good to hear your voice. I was terrified out of my wits."
Freya sighed in relief. "You don't know, but something happened to the hotel elevator shortly after you left."
The news made Catherine's heart rattle for a moment. "What happened?"
"The elevator plummeted. The server said she saw a man and a woman entering the elevator going down. The elevator plunged from the 20th floor to the ground, and it made a very loud noise."
Freya's voice was shaky. "The people inside must be the guests who attended my banquet. How lucky am I for this to happen when I finally held a banquet? The police and ambulance are now on their way here, but the people in the elevator surely won't have survived. I called to confirm whether you’re fine. If it were you and Wesley in the elevator, I would break down."
Catherine was stunned.
Somehow, she recalled what Shaun told her tonight.
He attended the banquet because of her.
Could he have left too since she had left?
Could he be... in the elevator?
When this thought flashed across her mind, her face paled.
"Cathy, I'll stop here. There's a rumpus going on at my end, but I'm relieved to know that you're fine."
After that, Freya hung up the call. 1
Catherine gripped her phone tightly. Wesley held her hand and asked with concern, "What's the matter?"
"Freya told me that the hotel elevator we took plunged just down. She was worried that I was inside,” Catherine explained absent-mindedly.
Upon hearing it, Wesley frowned. "There were people inside when it happened?"
"Yeah. They should be tonight's guests." Catherine said reluctantly, "I wonder who they are. The police aren’t there yet, so nobody dares to force the doors open."
"How can this kind of incident happen..." Wesley mumbled, "I hope not many people are inside."
"Freya said there was a man and a woman," Catherine replied.
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