“Keep speaking.” Ophelia shoved Akira onto a sofa, and crouched in front of her to stare directly in her face.
Akira told her all that had happened, from the point she was given the order to set up the poisoned vent, how everyone was retiring for the night when Ariel showed up, and how she ran into her just as she walked into the minister’s wife's room.
How the house was silent for a long while after that, till Blaine showed up. And it was chaos, fast cars, ambulances and their sirens.
“The police have been at the mansion this morning already,” Akira said, looking up at her. “I have not been able to pick up my pay at the train station because I know everyone is being watched.”
Ophelia looked at her in disgust, “And you did not think that they would find it odd that a maid from the min
