The elevator plunged from the sixteenth floor. Fortunately, it stopped falling when it reached the third floor.
Carla ran all the way down to the ground floor and went up to the third floor. The security guards and technicians had arrived to opened the elevator's door to retrieve Diane. At that point, she had already passed out.
"Diane!" Carla wanted to go near Diane, but the two security guards held her back.
Another two guards carried Diane out of the elevator. They did not see any injuries on her body.
Soon, the rescue team arrived and brought both Diane and Carla to the hospital.In the ambulance, Carla held Diane's hand tightly. She'll be fine. I'm sure she'll be fine…
After a thorough checkup at the hospital, the doctor told Carla, "The patient went into shock and fainted. She'll feel better after taking a rest."
Carla and the property manager heaved a sigh of relief.
Carla shot daggers at the manager. "How did this happen, Mr. Auermann? My friend would have been dead if the elevator crashed all the way to the ground!"
"I'm so sorry, Ms. Wigston. Please calm down, " the property manager explained, "We inspect our elevators daily, and this has never happened to our property before. There's something amiss about this incident, and we've started investigating."
Suddenly, his phone rang. After talking for a while, his expression changed. "Lodge a police report immediately!"
The manager hung up the phone and turned around to Carla. "Someone sabotaged the elevator. We've reported it to the police."
"Sabotage?" Carla froze. "How about the other elevators? Or do you mean someone sabotaged only that particular elevator?"
"We carried out another round of inspection right after the incident and found all the other elevators are operating properly, " the manager explained, "The only elevator with defect is the one in your block."
"They must have come for me then…"
The thought of someone wanting her dead sent shivers down her spine. That's why Dori got so agitated earlier. It must have noticed a suspicious person in the building and tried to warn us.
Yet, I reprimanded Dori for not respecting Diane.
"I'm afraid there's such a possibility, " the property manager said, "Mr. Giblo has bought over the entire block, and only your family lives in the building. Those who occupied the opposite unit are your medical staff, and the unit above you also belongs to your family."
"They must have known I'm the only person left in the building today, " Carla analyzed, "And they knew I don't normally have guests in my house. Had Diane not visited today, I would have been the victim of today's incident."
Carla was absolutely terrified. "Nope. Not just me. They also target my kids. Had Diane not visited and I did not leave the house today, the kids would have got into the elevator instead."
Carla instantly gave Randy a call but to no avail.
She panicked and called Josh and Venus. None of them answered their phones too.
She even dialed the medical staff's numbers, but they did not pick up her call as well.
Her legs went weak and almost fell on the ground.
"Are you all right, Ms. Wigston?" the manager immediately held her up.
"Take care of my friend, please."
Carla ran out of the ward like a Lolatic and hailed a cab. She wanted to get to the Apple Kindergarten as soon as possible.
But at this point, a van drove up to her. Two men who were dressed in black covered her mouth and pulled her into the car.
Carla struggled and tried to escape, but upon smelling a sharp odor, she instantly passed out.
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