In an instant, Ryan felt a chill run down his spine.
"Alice, you're awake. I was calling you earlier, but you wouldn't wake up." Ryan forced a smile.
Alice tilted her head, looking at Ryan. "I don't know what's wrong with me today. My head feels really heavy."
She hesitated for a moment before speaking again. "Ryan, I think something's off with me. I suspect it might be that seafood soup I had last night."
Ryan thought back to dinner. He had been so focused on avoiding mixing the braised beef with the chocolate brownies that he completely overlooked the fact that the seafood soup was also made by Nella.
Nella knows I don't like seafood soup, so she'd be sure I wouldn't drink it.
Could Nella have used that to her advantage, making sure Alice drank the drugged soup? Ryan replayed the details of the previous night in his mind.