[New York, Queens]
The car stopped. The handsome and cheerful William got out and opened the door for Caitlin.
Caitlin smiled and nodded, "Thank you."
Then she unfolded her blind cane. Since she was coming to William's house, she had not brought her guide dog Arthur and left the dog at the music shop under a coworker's care.
William warmly led the way and said, "I should be the one thanking you, Miss Caitlin."
"Sorry to trouble you by making you come to my house to tune my piano."
"I've already hired several tuners before, but none of them felt as good as yours."
Caitlin said modestly, "Not at all. I can only do my best."
While talking, the two had already entered the house, "Please come this way. The piano room is over here."
William walked ahead while saying, "Miss Caitlin, it's already getting late."
"Who knows what time it'll be after the tuning is done. Why don't you stay and have dinner at my place?"
Caitlin shook her head, "No, I left Arthur at the music shop. If I go back too late, it'll trouble my coworkers."
A trace of displeasure flashed through William's eyes, but Caitlin could not see it. He shrugged, "Alright then."
They entered the piano room. William helped Caitlin over to a white piano.
Caitlin reached out and pressed a few keys. After identifying it through the sound and touch.
She smiled and said, "This is a Bluthner-Haessler piano, right?"
"Made in Germany. Strong power, rich sound, responsive keys."
Surprise appeared in William's eyes, and he nodded, "That's right. Miss Caitlin really is amazing."
Caitlin sat down and casually played a few notes on the piano, "The sound really is a bit off. Let me see what the problem is."
"Then I won't disturb you."
William left the piano room and walked into the kitchen to brew two cups of coffee.
After the coffee was ready, he took out a tiny metal bottle from his pocket.
He unscrewed the cap and poured a drop of liquid into one of the cups.
After stirring the coffee evenly, he carried the cups back into the piano room.
"Miss Caitlin, I made some coffee."
"You wouldn't honor me by staying for dinner, but coffee should be fine, right?"
Caitlin smiled, "Just leave it there. I'll drink it later."
"Alright," William set the coffee aside.
However, after waiting for a while, Caitlin showed no intention of drinking it.
He could not help frowning.
What he did not know was that not drinking things from strangers and not eating strangers' food was a habit Caitlin had developed over many years.
She already had a visual disability, so naturally she would not casually consume things from strangers.
Rejecting William's dinner invitation also came from that habit.
After another while, Caitlin stood up and said, "It's tuned now. Try it."
William walked over and played a song on it. He nodded, "Very nice. Thank you so much, Miss Caitlin."
He looked at the cup of drugged coffee beside them and smiled.
"Your coffee's gone cold. Let me heat it up again for you."
But Caitlin said, "No need. It's getting late already. Could I trouble you to drive me back?"
Anger flashed through William's eyes. His expression turned cold, but he still nodded, "Please wait a moment. I'll go get a jacket."
He walked into the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and took out a case from inside.
A moment later, William returned to the piano room, but there was now a handkerchief in his hand.
"I'll help you, Miss Caitlin."
After walking beside Caitlin, William suddenly covered her face with the handkerchief.
Caitlin immediately realized something was wrong and made muffled cries.
She struggled hard, breathing rapidly.
After about one minute like this, she lost consciousness.
She fainted.
Only then did William let go of Caitlin. He threw away the handkerchief and cursed.
"Bitch!"
"You think you can escape my hands?"
He had never intended anything good by inviting Caitlin over tonight. Originally, he planned to drug the coffee and knock her out.
But Caitlin was too cautious, making all his effort pointless.
William was unwilling to miss this chance, so he simply used force and knocked Caitlin unconscious with anesthetic.
As for what to do afterward.
He was not worried at all.
He had already investigated her. Caitlin was all alone with no family.
She rented a place by herself in Chinatown.
And she was blind.
Dealing with her would be easy.
"I've never played with a blind woman before."
"But after knocking her out, she doesn't seem any different from other women."
"Forget it. Since I already did it, no point wasting the chance!"
Just as he was about to carry Caitlin into the bedroom, knocking suddenly sounded at the door.
William froze, then quickly walked out of the piano room and shut the door.
He came to the entrance and looked outside.
A man and woman stood there.
A blond, blue-eyed white man, and a black-haired, black-eyed Asian woman.
William frowned, then heard the blond man outside say with a smile, "Mr. William, please open the door."
"We're from the cleaning company. You booked a kitchen pipe repair today, and we're here to provide service."
William froze.
'Did I book a pipe repair?'
He glanced toward the piano room and impatiently said, "You've got the wrong place."
"I didn't book anything. Please leave immediately, I'm busy."
After saying that, he turned to walk back.
But after only taking a few steps, there was suddenly a loud bang behind him. The door exploded apart, and fragments flew past him.
The shock made William drop to the floor.
When he turned around again, he saw the blond man lowering his leg.
It looked like he had kicked the front door open with one kick.
William hurriedly got back up and pointed at the two people walking inside.
"What are you doing?"
"You've broken into private property. I'm going to sue you!"
At that moment, he felt the blond man looked familiar, though he could not remember where he had seen him before.
Suddenly, he remembered. This man often went to the music shop to see Caitlin.
According to the people at the shop, this man was a plumber named John.
"It's you!"
"You're that John."
"Caitlin's friend."
"Are you crazy? You actually dared break in here."
"I'm calling the police!"
Alex looked at the man in front of him like it was funny.
"Go ahead."
"But before that, you'd better think about how to explain to the police that there's someone hidden in your piano room."
William jumped in fright. He did not expect Alex to see through him.
Originally, Alex had no interest in what kind of friends Caitlin made. But after receiving the video Kimiko sent him and seeing William forcibly drugging Caitlin unconscious.
He immediately used "Mind Transfer" to teleport over and meet up with Kimiko.
That was how the current scene happened.
At this moment.
Alex glanced at William.
"You even dare touch my people? Looks like you're tired of living."
After saying that, he shook his head and walked toward the piano room.
As for the rest, Kimiko would naturally handle it.
Kimiko walked toward William with a dark expression.
But William did not take this small Asian woman seriously. Seeing Alex heading toward the piano room, he shouted anxiously, "You can't go in there!"
He pulled a pistol from his clothes and aimed it at Alex's back.
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