“Ha, yes, it was me. What are you going to do about it?” Beatriz looked dismissively at Mariah and continued, “In any case, it won’t be long before you can’t speak at all.”

Mariah understood from Beatriz’s words that she intended to finish her off, and she quickly began to think of a way to escape this predicament.

“Do you have the recorder now?” Mariah suddenly remembered and asked anxiously.

At her words, Beatriz pulled the recorder out of her bag. “This ...