A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 97

Logan and Matilda held each other in an embrace before she coaxed him to sleep. They chatted for a while, the conversation flowing easily between them until the deepening night outside went unnoticed, and Matilda, without realizing it, dozed off at Logan’s bedside.

Meanwhile, at Tiger Pub, Yvan and Mason sat opposite each other, swapping the information they had gathered.

Mason handed a report over to Yvan.

“Rachel fell down the stairs; that much is true. But since that corner was a blind spot for the mall’s security cameras, there’s no video evidence to prove that Matilda pushed her.”

“But…” Yvan wanted to say something, only to be interrupted by Mason, “You’re going to say you saw it with your own eyes, right? Yvan, how did you just happen to see Matilda push Rachel at that exact moment?”

“Someone tipped me off.” Yvan felt like he was missing a crucial detail, “At that moment someone was on the phone with me, mentioned Rachel, so I turned to look and just saw…

“Who was it?”

Ella.

lips, and Mason’s mouth curled into an almost imperceptible

can’t be. It was just a coincidence. Ella

the cleaning staff roster from that mall five years ago, pulled up their schedules and cleaning logs. Found out that the escalator where Rachel had her accident had just been mopped with soap; do you realize

area could have slipped! But why such

spreadsheet, “the mall’s escalator was under maintenance at the time, so it was logged specifically. Typically, these large malls will record escalator maintenance. There were signs around at the time, but for some reason,

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“Five years on, the rest of the mall’s footage is gone. We can only say this might have been a tragic accident. Rachel

slipped on her own. Why was Matilda there? Unless Matilda went looking for Rachel, how