#Chapter 89: One Last Plan

Charles slams his fist down on the desk in his hotel room. He's transcended beyond fury and has reached some sort of state of near hysteria. How is it that all of his plans go so terribly wrong? He had been evacuated from the mansion the night of the fire, the same as everyone else, but it took until morning for him to get any definitive news on the outcome of what should have been his most foolproof plot yet. Dr. Evelyn is still alive. How? It boggles the mind. He had the lock changed on her door, so that no one but him would be able to enter it. He set the fire at two o'clock in the morning, a time when no one should have been awake soon enough to detect it, locate its source, and get her out alive. But, of course, no. Fate worked against him once again. Marcus just happened to be still awake and magically known to high-tail it over. Marcus had to play the hero, figure out the door lock was rigged, and break down the goddamn door with his brute strength. It was ridiculous