Lauren burst into malicious laughter, clapping her hands. "Look who's the monster now! Calling me a monster? You're the real beast here!"

Her laughter spiraled into hysteria, a testament to her lost sanity.

Raegan took this chaos as her cue, quickly freeing herself and dashing toward the exit.

The commotion made Lauren's smirk disappear in an instant. Monster..

Once celebrated for her nice appearance, she was now just a hideous version of herself. It was all Raegan's fault! If not for Raegan, Mitchel wouldn't have dealt with her for her doings and she wouldn't have ended up like this.

Lauren's appearance had been marred to the point of being almost unrecognizable. She laid the blame wrongly at Raegan's feet. In her eyes, it was entirely Raegan's doing.

Blaming Raegan entirely, Lauren sprung forward, yanked Raegan back by her hair, and hurled her across the room.

Thankfully, Raegan hit a haystack, not the hard floor, but the throw still dazed her.

“Thought you could escape, huh?" Lauren taunted, moving closer with a terrifying glint in her eyes. Her madness was palpable.

Lauren's deranged state and effect of the drug granted her an extraordinary force and agility, rendering her nearly unstoppable.

Raegan worked to keep her voice steady and said, "Lauren, killing me now is just what they want."

"You think I can't see through you?" Lauren's eyes narrowed, "You're just spewing nonsense to get away, right?"

Raegan said yes inwardly. She said to Lauren, "Did you ever stop to think who might want us both out of the picture?"

This question seemed to hit Lauren hard. It was something Lauren hadn't thought about.

As Raegan leaned back subtly on the floor, she continued, seeking to gain time, “Shouldn't we at least know who's behind this before the end? Got any ideas who it might be?"

Lauren mulled over Raegan's question, her thoughts in disarray, feeling like her mind was under attack.

Raegan insinuated, "Do you think Katie orchestrated your rescue?"

The look on Lauren's face said it all.

Lauren never really knew Katie up close, but the pieces fell into place. Her savior was on Katie's payroll. Despite donning with a mask, Lauren recognized her savior as precisely the one who had slipped her drugs in that dimly lit alley.

Raegan knew her guess was spot-on. "Katie's behind this, right? She's not out to save you. She wants to hurt me while throwing you under the bus!"