Chapter 225

James Bennett narrowed his eyes and turned to ask Lily Summer, "What’s going on?" "I just came back from the bathroom and saw her sneaking out of a room. I peeked in and realized it was the lift control room. Right after, I heard the commotion outside and instantly knew what she’d done. So I dragged her here." The lift was operated by a button next to the mic. It wasn’t something you could press accidentally—it needed a firm push. There was a separate control room backstage at the hotel just for handling the lift. If the button outside failed, this place could step in. When the lift malfunctioned, they could use this control room to bring it down fast. Sarah Evans had pressed that “emergency drop” button. Maria Lewis hadn’t expected Lily to stumble into this and accidentally do something helpful. The truth was out. Even though Sarah tried to take all the blame, anyone with a brain could tell she was just covering. She had no beef with Maria. Why would she target her? Seriously, she was