The manager’s face had turned ashen, his panic obvious as he hurried over to Sophia. “Miss, what’s going on here?”

Sophia felt like her whole body was burning with pain, but she stubbornly pushed herself off the floor, struggling to stand.

“I’m sorry. Let me just clean up in the restroom, and I’ll come back to help,” she said, her voice strained.

Before she could take another step, she heard a mocking laugh. Sophia clenched her jaw, ...