One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 172

Chapter 172 This Matter Ends Here

Although Addie looked like he had been forced to associate with a criminal, he obtained the surveillance footage of the day of the incident for Courtney anyway.

That night, Courtney inserted the USB drive into her computer and pulled up the video file. Then, she carefully observed every detail on the screen as she watched the video. The fire occurred at approximately 11.30 AM. Most of the middle and senior-level management were having a meeting in the meeting room on the second floor of the hotel. As it was close to lunchtime, many people were inside the kitchen. Moreover, many people came and went from the kitchen, so it was hard to notice any suspicious activities.

From the video, she could see the pastry chef, Mr. Gideon, baking in the kitchen, and Louie, working next to him. It seemed like Louie had been asked to replenish the ingredients. She watched as Louie walked away for a brief period and came back holding various ingredients of different shapes and sizes.

At 10.54 AM, two little figures appeared in the video. Jordan was following behind Tina as they entered the kitchen and stopped in front of Mr. Gideon.

Recalling the scene of the fire, Courtney felt a lingering fear in her heart. Then, she took a deep breath of cold air and continued watching the video. Tina and Jordan both loved to eat sweets. From how familiar they seemed to be with Mr. Gideon, it seemed like it wasn’t their first time coming into the kitchen to look for him. He pointed at the oven, then pointed at Louie. After that, the two children followed Louie somewhere else.

Following that, Louie did not appear in the video again until after the fire broke out in the kitchen.

At 11.10 AM, Mr. Gideon walked away from the oven. According to the hotel’s current investigations, that was the time Mr. Gideon had gone to the storeroom for a smoke break. He reportedly had a serious cigarette addiction. This was something everybody in the hotel knew. Therefore, not many people were suspicious of the reason given by the hotel management.

dragged the cursor along the video’s progress bar until she reached the critical period and re-watched that portion of the video again. Even so, she couldn’t

place. The surveillance camera in the storeroom was mainly to prevent people from stealing. Therefore, it mainly focused on the goods placed on the shelves. There were several blind spots outside of the surveillance camera’s range. Even if somebody were to stand there, they would

 

the kitchen was even less productive than the other two videos. Too many serving staff came and went through the entrance. Aside from watching the two children confidently swaggering into the kitchen, she gained

went to the lounge to search for the two children. A serving staff had told her that the supervisor had taken Jordan to the restroom, which led her

reported that her daughter was inside when he came out. Everybody in the hotel knows that Jordan is Alexander’s little prince. Logically, wouldn’t he mention that

the supervisor had taken Jordan to the restroom. Secondly, it was suspicious that Louie mentioned Tina being inside the building but did not mention whether Jordan was caught in the fire too. Thirdly, why was Jordan rescued from the cold storage

as Courtney was mulling over these three points, the sound of a door opening came from outside the bedroom. Soon after that, the door of the study opened and a hand holding a takeaway box appeared in the gap. Then, Cameron’s voice floated in through the door. She was pretending to sound cold. “Detective, you still need to eat

filled with warmth at those words. Later, she discussed her thoughts with Cameron during dinner. Cameron touched her chin as she pondered over it. “Why don’t you just ask them directly? For the first point, you can just ask the serving staff

Courtney slowly said. Hearing those words made Cameron choke on her saliva in surprise. “Eastbrook? What’s wrong with you? Do you have to go that far just for such a trivial matter? Are you going all the way to Eastbrook to

want to hear it directly from him. I need to know if he was smoking in the storeroom

in her, but she was also still mad at Alexander over this incident. Thus, Cameron knew that there was no stopping Courtney. “Fine. If you really want to go, then go. I’ll find some

looked extremely

and lifted her eyebrow proudly. “I have

forehead, looking like she was having a headache. “Don’t let

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