Chapter 1814
"Something happened in the bar and the person in charge of the bar is unconscious. Isn''t this too
much of a coincidence?" Adrienne asked.
The police officer who was in charge of following up with the bar manager answered, "We checked
his records. He is usually drunk at least three times a week. There were several times where he got
so drunk he needed an ambnce as well. I don''t think it''s a coincidence."
"Then we can only wait." Quill was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said, "Check the CCTV
footage around the bar again. Pay attention to every detail. Even if Jefferson is the murderer, he still
had to leave the bar aftermitting his crime. At present, he''s not in the bar and there''s no
footage of him leaving. Surely he hasn''t grown wings and flown off somewhere?"
There must have been some detail they missed out on. Once they found it, then naturally, they
would be able to locate the missing Jefferson.
Quill looked at Adrienne with worry. He wanted to say a few words offort but
everyone was present, hence it seemed inappropriate. He raised his hand and patted Adrienne''s
shoulder heavily. "It will be okay. Stay strong!"
Adrienne nodded. "I know."
The others replied in unison, "Yes."
Adrienne said again, "Sergeant Scott, can I check the surveince tapes with you?"
Adrienne was a member of the team, therefore there should be nothing wrong with her wanting to
check the tapes. However, she was the wife of the criminal suspect. Quill was rather worried.
No one else knew that Adrienne was Jefferson''s wife. Hence, he hadn''t taken her off the job. But if
Jefferson was found guilty as a murderer, everything about him will be exposed to the public, along
with Adrienne''s identity.
After her identity was exposed, Quill could still act like he didn''t know about her and Jefferson.
However, it would also mean that any evidence she gathered would be dismissed. What if Adrienne
found evidence to prove that Jefferson was innocent... Quill didn''t want to take the risk.
Adrienne understood Quill''s worry but she didn''t care anymore. "Sergeant Scott, I just want to take
a look at the monitor with you.
It''s not like I can do anything. What are you worried about?"
The other police officers did not understand what was going on and agreed. "Sergeant Scott,
nothing''s wrong with Adrienne taking a look at the footage with us."
What else could Quill say? Tell everyone that Adrienne was actually the wife of their top suspect?
Of course not, thus he could only nod and agree, "Okay, you are with me. Don''t touch anything you
shouldn''t touch."
"Okay." Adrienne just wanted to watch the footage so that she could get nearer to the truth.
It was 1:40 in the morning when Jefferson entered the bar. He started arguing with the waiter there
at around 1:43.
In the monitoring room, the staff once again started ying all the footage from the bar and around
the area at 1:40.
Adrienne watched as Jefferson spoke to the waiter. From the waiter''s expression, it was clear that
Jefferson was making things difficult for him. During that entire time, the waiter often raised his head
to look ahead.
''Stop!" Adrienne asked, "Sergeant
Scott, within the two minutes when they were arguing, the waiter kept avoiding Jefferson''s gaze and
looked ahead. What was in front of them?"
"This monitor can''t capture that angle." Quill also realized that the waiter was making this small
movement. "Roy, let''s see if the other cameras have captured the front-facing angle from the bar
counter."
Roy, Quill''s subordinate, immediately brought out three other videos of the same scene. "Sergeant
Scott, there is a blind spot in front of the bar. None of the four cameras in the hall could show that
corner."
There was a blind corner in front of the bar. There was no camera that captured what was there.
Plus, there were a lot of bar staffing in and out. It would be very difficult to check them one by
one.
Quill said again, "Go on."
The footage continued. Adrienne saw that after the quarrel between Jefferson and the waiter,
Jefferson was served with a light yellow liquid. She wasn''t sure if it was a regr drink or an
alcoholic one.
At this time, Jefferson looked to his left as if greeting someone. Who was that?
"Mr. Roy, sorry, can you pause the video again?" Roy immediately pressed pause.
Adrienne pointed at the screen and said, "Sergeant Scott, have you noticed that Jefferson was
greeting someone?"
Quill nodded. "Roy, can you show us who was sitting towards the left corner of the bar?"
Roy once again brought out the other camera angles. After checking, he said, "It''s another blind
spot. We can''t see who was sitting in that corner."
The footage showed two suspicious timeframes, both of which the direction was a blind spot. Quill
understood and said, "It seems that someone is really plotting against Mr. Hefner. They might have
set this whole thing up."
Hearing Quill''s analysis, Adrienne felt a tremble in her heart but she did not move. She just
clenched her fists with her two arms dangling by her side.
No one knew how scared she was as she tried to calm herself down...
No matter what, she could not allow the tragedy of her parents'' death two years ago to repeat itself
again. She had to think of a way to help Jefferson and prove that he was innocent.
Quill continued, "Roy, let''s resume."
The next scene was Jefferson walking to the
left side of the bar. After that, he could no longer be seen appearing in any of the footage. It was
clear that Magre Bar had a lot of blind spots.
Although there were blind spots, there were only two ways to enter and exit the bar. Both entrances
were facing the cameras, therefore whoever went in or out could be seen clearly.
Quill asked Roy to show the footage of the exits, and Adrienne and Quill watched the people who
went in and out intently. However, they found nothing even after watching it twice.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.
On the third time, Quill had already lost hope. But because he didn''t want Adrienne to be
disappointed, he watched it one more time with her. The sky was already starting to darken and
Quill was about to persuade Adrienne to stop watching the footage. Unexpectedly, she suddenly
pointed to the screen with excitement and said, "Mr. Roy, please stop and zoom in."
Upon hearing Adrienne''s words, Quill, who was about to doze off, immediately pulled himself
together and looked at the big screen.
However, there were only two thin men in frame. They werepletely different from Jefferson.
There was nothing special about them.
Quill felt that Adrienne was hallucinating. However, he didn''t expect that after Roy erged the
picture, the image of the two men vaguely turned into three men. They were all dressed in ck
and the back door of the bar was very dark. Hence, despite having seen this scene several times
before, they had missed out the presence of the third man.