Chapter 444 - Spirit Pavilion (5) (1/2)
In the VIP room JoAnna still glanced once in a while toward the closed door through which those four inviting cocktails left out of her reach.
Sarah knocked JoAnna on the head. ”Stop feeling sorry for the drinks and worry about your man.”
JoAnna looked at Sarah, obviously confused. ”Why should I worry about him?”
Sarah rolled her eyes. ”Because a WOMAN sent the drinks over. How can you be so relaxed? Or do you think she sent them to me?”
If JoAnna was tipsy even a little bit from three beers she had, it disappeared in an instant. ”But she is the owner's sister, right?” JoAnna glanced at Jeff for confirmation.
Jeff didn't respond, he found Sarah's analysis interesting.
Sarah continued explaining to JoAnna, ”Yes, owner's sister. That means that she is not the owner. Also, she had a chance to find out who is in this room, no matter how secretive Jeff is.” Sarah gave a meaningful look to JoAnna. ”And she might be watching us right now, as we speak.” Sarah tilted her head slightly toward the camera in the top corner of the room.
JoAnna's expression turned serious.
Sarah patted JoAnna's hand in a comforting way. ”I don't want to spoil your mood. Sending drinks over is not a big offense. But don't relax too much. I'm probably overreacting. It's just that whenever we attracted attention, it was not a small thing.”
Aiden pulled Sarah back into his embrace. ”You can say that again. You are a magnet for trouble.”
”Hey, hey… this time it's you. You can't pin this one on me.” Sarah defended herself while sinking deeper into his embrace.
JoAnna was not so carefree. Not now that Sarah planted the idea into her mind that some girl is lusting after Jeff. She got her phone and did an online search for Roxanne Carter. JoAnna immediately found thousands of posts, mostly from Roxanne. First impressions JoAnna got were that Roxanne is a party girl, socialite, not bad looking… JoAnna could not find anything that would indicate that Roxanne has education or that she is gifted in the smarts department. But those chests of hers, they can make up for several post graduate degrees.
Ginny came back inside again, apologizing for intruding. She brought four bottles: two beers and two sparkling waters.
JoAnna was on high alert this time. ”These are from…?” She scrutinized Ginny who looked squeamish, obviously uncomfortable.
”Compliments of the management.” Ginny smiled awkwardly while opening the bottles. She left swiftly.
”Management my ass!” JoAnna squeezed through her teeth. She grabbed freshly opened sparkling water and looked at it for some time before smelling it.
”Hey! That should be mine!” Sarah complained.
”You don't want to drink this. It's obvious that these are tampered with, and it's easier to find something wrong with a sparkling water than with a beer.” JoAnna explained while looking at the bottle in her hands.
Jeff straightened up and watched JoAnna swirl the bottle lightly for some time. ”Why do you think that they are tampered with?”
Sarah and Aiden also focused on JoAnna while she explained her previous statement. ”Because pressure was much less than expected. These were opened previously and then resealed. All four of them.” JoAnna noticed that 'Pshhh' was less than expected when Ginny opened the bottles. Also, it's not difficult to reseal bottles after opening, especially with these tin caps which just need to be pressed back with enough force. Tampering might be visible upon close inspection, but they didn't get a chance to inspect the caps when bottles arrived.