Chapter 172
Although John acted a little reluctant, he still sent Anna the footage a few dayster.
That night, Anna opened herptop and began to watch that video. She stared carefully and tentatively
at every detail on the screen
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The fire broke out at around 11:30 in the morning. At that time, all the junior and senior managers were
having a meeting in the conference room on the second floor. Since it was lunchtime, many people
were walking around in the kitchen. So, Anna didn‘t notice anything wrong for a while.
She saw Mike, the pastry chef, baking, and Kenny standing next to him to help. It seemed that Mike
kept telling Kenny to get something, so Kenny left every few minutes and then came back. Each time
he came back, he carried some ingredients.
At 10:54 am., the two children walked into the kitchen. Tammy walked in front, and Matthew followed
her. Then, they stopped in front of Mike.
Anna still felt scared at the thought of two children trapped in the fire. She took a deep breath and then
continued to watch the video.
Tammy and Matthew both had a sweet tooth. They immediately went to Mike‘s side after they entered
the kitchen, and it looked like they did it very often. Mike pointed at the oven to them, and then to
Kenny.
Then, the two children followed Kenny out. After that, Kenny was not in the picture again until the fire
broke out.
ording to the hotel‘s investigation, Mike had gone to the storeroom to smoke at that time. Mike was
a chain smoker, and it was known to all the people in the hotel.
Anna first watched the whole video from the first minute to thest. Then, she skipped the beginning
and end, and carefully watched the crucial part in the middle
However, she found nothing because everything looked perfectly normalm making he fire seem like an
ident
After watching the camera footage in the kitchen, Anna checked the storage room video. However, she
still found nothing.
The reason why the hotel put surveince in the storage room was to prevent people from stealing
things. So, the camera was only focused on the goods on the shelves and could not shoot the other
few corners. And even if someone was there, they would not be captured by the camera
Anna thought she didn‘t even need to watch the video of the kitchen door because many waiters
passed by there. She didn‘t see anyone suspicious except the two kids that strutted into the kitchen
But then, something suddenly urred to Anna, When the fire happened, she went to the lounge to
look for Tmmy and Matthew. Then, a waiter told her that Matthew had gone to the
restroom with the head waiter. That was why she thought Matthew was not with Tammy.
But, even if she recalled for a long time, she couldn’t remember who that waiter was.
Moreover, she had a hunch that Kenny might have done something suspicious. After watching the
videotape, Anna was sure that Kenny was in the kitchen with the two children. However, when he came
out, he only that said Tammy was in there. Everyone in the hotel knew that Matthew was Wayne‘s son.
So, Kenny should have said that Matthew was there first.
After that, Anna found a piece of paper and wrote down three suspicious points about the incident
First, the head waiter did not take Matthew to the bathroom at all; the waiter lied. Second, Kenny only
said that Tammy was in the kitchen but did not mention Matthew.
Third, why was Matthew inside the cold room? While Anna was thinking hard about these three
suspicious things, she heard someone open the bedroom door. Then, a person opened the door to the
study and handed in a box of takeout food.
“Hey, Ms. Holmes, are you still solving the case? Don’t forget to eat.” Peace said at the door and
pretended to be cold.
Anna immediately felt moved.
As they were eating, she told Peace about what she thought. Peace said thoughtfully, “Well, I think you
can just ask them. About the first thing, you can ask the waiter who told you that Matthew went to the
bathroom. Only Kenny knows the answer to the second question. About thest, you can just ask
Tammy or Matthew himself! You can‘t know the truth even though you keep thinking about it.”
“Peace, I‘m going to Liverpool,” Anna said slowly and thoughtfully.
Peace was choked with water when she heard her words. She coughed and asked, “What? do you
have to make things soplicated! You are going to Liverpool just to find Mike?”
“I want to ask him if he smoked in the storage room that day.”
Peace knew that Anna was a stubborn person and knew that Wayne had indeed pissed her off.
After realizing that Anna would go there no matter what she said, she said, “Oh, okay. Anna, if you
really want to go there, just do it. I‘ll ask them these questions for youter, okay?”
“What? You can do it?” Anna asked, looking at her suspiciously.
Peace, however, smiled at Anna. She stroked her hair, raised her eyebrows proudly, and answered,
“Yes, I can. You know, I‘m very popr among gentlemen. Besides, someone in the hotel had a crush
on me.”
Anna felt resigned. She said, “Well, thank you. But, Karl should never know about this. Otherwise, that
guy will be screwed.”
Karl and Peace were both flirts. When they first dated, Anna thought they were just having fun. But,
Anna didn‘t expect Karl to change from a womanizer to a loyal boyfriend.
What surprised her even more was that Peace was the one who was not so faithful. So, Anna thought
Peace could only meet that guy behind Karl‘s back. Otherwise, that poor guy might be
fired
In the award of the hospital, the dark clouds outside the window blocked the light. It looked like there
might be a stormter
The dim sky made the lights in the room look bright and a bit blinding The light shone on the shiny
white walls as if everything in the whole room could be hidden
Charlotte stood by the window on the phone in a pink striped hospital gown. She had a bandage in one
hand and a phone in the other
What‘s going on? You told me before that this would only be a small fire But how did it be like
this? So, what am I supposed to do? Were you trying to hurt me on purpose?”
Then Ada said, “Gee, what makes you think that? I wouldn‘t get anything out of it if I harmed you I‘ve
told you that the big fire was an ident Besides, I took precautions long ago. I assured you before
that Matthew would not be harmed So, he wasn‘t even hurt in the cooler when you went in Charlotte,
how could you say this to me? I gave you a perfect chance to let Wayne be grateful to you So, why are
you ming me?”
Charlotte immediately became gloomy Whenever she thought of that fire, she felt her heart pounding
She growled, “Humph! Don‘t think too highly of yourself I know that you helped me because you hated
Anna I put my life on the line when I rushed in to save Matthew. But have you ever thought that what if I
didn‘t have the quts to do that? Then, Matthew might be dead. You‘re so hornble!”
When Charlotte saw how big the fire was, she was terrified She felt that it was nothing like what she
had expected before But she was terrified that Matthew would get hurt. So, she got all her nerves and
rushed in At that time, she didn‘t even dare to think about what would have happened if she hadn‘t
gone in and rescued Matthew
Charlotte thought to herself, it seems that Ada did it only to benefit herself. She didn‘t even care about
Matthew‘s life! My God, she is so vicious!
“Ada, I‘m warning you, you should stop whatever you‘re doing. Also, I don‘t want them to spread
rumors that Anna was involved in this. That‘s it! Our cooperation is over.” Although Charlotte said that
in a grim voice, she was trembling She whispered those words as low as she could.
Ada gave a sneer and replied, “What? Charlotte, aren‘t you afraid I‘ll tell Wayne the truth? You know
what he would do to you if he knows about it.”
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