Bex Wynter Box Set by Elleby Harper

Author:Elleby Harper [Harper, Elleby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Fairbridge House College, Bromley

The body on the bed was dressed in a pale lemon suit that Bex found familiar. She hopped up to open the bathroom door to shed some illumination into the room. The glow pooled around Isla Standing’s Titian hair.

“I’m going to throw up!”

At the sight of Isla’s heaving shoulders, Bex rushed forward to grab the other woman. Despite her bound hands, she swept her clumsily into the bathroom, watching as Isla retched violently over the toilet bowl. She had obviously had a more intense reaction to the narcotic than Bex.

Isla slumped onto the ceramic floor tiles while Bex flushed the toilet quickly to eliminate the stench. Then she managed to drag a groaning Isla to the sink. She turned the faucet on full blast and the copper pipe leading from the ceiling vibrated noisily against the tile as she splashed cold water over Isla’s face. Isla sank back to the floor. Resting her back against the wall, she pushed her hair out of her eyes with her bound hands. Shock and displeasure registered in the tawny gold eyes gazing at Bex.

“I have no idea what’s going on, but I’m certain that somehow you’re behind all of this,” she blamed Bex.

“Listen, Ms. Standing, I’m really in the dark as much as you. But I can tell you that the position we’re in isn’t good. I came across two dead bodies and that doesn’t bode well for us.”

Isla looked startled. “Are you saying Li Jian is a murderer?”

Bex blinked. “Why have you made a connection to Li Jian?”

“The last thing I remember was being with Li Jian this afternoon. He requested a special meeting to go over the case. Since I had some paperwork to clear up, I agreed to meet him at my office at two o’clock.”

“What did you discuss?”

Isla shook her head. “Nothing that we hadn’t already been over. Although he hides it, it’s obvious to me that Jian is extremely anxious about this case. If he loses his visa, not only will he be extradited but also his cousin, Xiu Lan. And since it’s Xiu Lan’s uncle that’s funded his car import business and the Investor Visa, that would result in severe loss of face. So I spent the whole time reassuring him. When I indicated our time was finished, Jian offered me a lift home. He said his driver was waiting downstairs for him. I thought, what the hell, why not? We drove back to Fitzrovia and then he insisted on accompanying me upstairs to my flat to make sure I got inside safely. I turned at the door to say good-bye and that’s it. That’s all I remember.”

“He must have used a hypodermic on you to knock you out. Have you invited him to your home before? Were you two dating?” Bex remembered Li’s invitation to her to go on a private tour of Buckingham Palace. Had he set her up to do exactly the same thing to her? But why?

“Does that have any bearing on our situation?” Isla’s voice was prickly as a heat rash.

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