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Just a little clumsy

Author: Faith_Writes
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Dwayne's POV

"Turns out you're actually right "I said to Mabel as I walked into the kitchen.

"I've told you to always use the dishwasher instead"

"It isn't always as fun as Washing" she replied with a small smile.

"So what was I right about?!" She asked as I leaned on the kitchen slab beside her.

"The burning substance in the cream " I replied .

"Turns out the mistake wasn't from Jake , someone exchanged the ingredients he was supposed to use with another " I said, she dropped the plate she was holding carefully on the plate rack and turned to me.

"Oh my God, who the hell did something as sensitive as that?!"

"For now we have no idea, the person did a clean job of clearing his tracks"

"Did you check the CCTV camera?!" She asked immediately.

"Ofcourse, the first point of call"

"The footages were deleted" I said to her

"Did you try using fingerprints in the lab?!" She asked.

"It's already days after Mabel, you know how many people work in that lab?!"

"It's impossible to find the culp
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