Chapter 1265 What's Going On?
The two lovebirds were so wrapped up in each other that they didn't even notice Sadie on the couch pressing a button on her watch. Jessica and Aurora bolted downstairs to find Craig and Amanda, who had just walked in.
Craig and Amanda were trudging up the stairs, chatting and looking beat and kinda helpless.
Jessica rushed up to them, all frantic, "Duchess Louis, Ms. James has been having stomach pains all day. Can you call a doctor to check on her?"
"Why would Sadie suddenly have a stomachache?" Amanda snapped, "She looks fine to me."
"Ms. James has a sensitive stomach. Maybe she ate something raw today, and it didn't sit well with her," Aurora said softly.
"Why wouldn't it sit well with her?" Amanda shot back, "We eat the same food every day, and we're fine."
"But..." Jessica started to say.
"It's late. Where are we gonna find a doctor now? Let's deal with it tomorrow." Amanda cut her off, clearly not in the mood.
"Duchess Louis, you..." Jessica was getting pissed.
"Calm down," Craig said softly, "I've told you, we can't afford to make enemies right now. Go check on Sadie."
Amanda clicked her tongue, annoyed. But seeing the look in Craig's eyes, she reluctantly headed toward Sadie's room.
"Duchess Louis!" The two maids outside the door quickly greeted Amanda with a bow.
Amanda gave a signal, and one of the maids was about to knock when Jessica suddenly said, "No need to knock. Ms. James is in too much pain and has already gone to bed. Just go in directly." With that, Jessica pushed open the door.
Two people were tangled up on the bed. The sudden opening of the door startled them, especially the woman, who let out a scream.
"Oh my!" Amanda exclaimed. She quickly turned around, "Close the door!"
The maid hurriedly closed the door.
"This is ridiculous. Didn't Sadie say she had a stomachache? How come she's now..." Amanda's words trailed off as she realized the woman on the bed wasn't Sadie. Amanda's face changed dramatically, and she kicked the door open and stormed in.
Barbara was frantically trying to get dressed.
But before she could finish, Amanda turned on the light, and everyone was stunned by what they saw.
"Ah! It's Barbara." The maids were shocked, their mouths hanging open.
Amanda's eyes were wide open, staring in disbelief at the scene before her.
"Barbara?" Joe muttered, now seeing clearly that the half-naked woman beside him was Barbara. He was so freaked out that he fell off the bed.
"Joe," Barbara hurried to help Joe, but he pushed her away like she was a ghost, shouting angrily, "What's going on? How did this happen?"
"Joe, I..." Barbara tried to explain.
"Close the door and send everyone else away." Amanda interrupted, her face dark and stormy, like a brewing hurricane.
The maids quickly closed the door, and by then, Annika and Arya had already squeezed in.
They hurried to the sofa and gently patted Sadie, "Ms. James, Ms. James, wake up."
"What's going on? Why hasn't Ms. James woken up with all this commotion?" Annika asked anxiously.
"Could she have been drugged?" Arya said as she sprinkled some water on Sadie's face.
Sadie gradually woke up.
Amanda glanced at Sadie and then turned her gaze to Barbara. She snapped, "Explain yourself. What the hell is going on?"
"I, I..." Barbara stammered, totally flustered and couldn't say a word.
"My head hurts," Sadie said, holding her forehead. She sat up and, seeing so many people in the room, asked in confusion, "What's going on?"