Nothing was wrong with the service.

Frustrated, Casper asked, “What about the server?”

The specially-hired server in charge of their room stepped forward. “It’s me.”

Casper asked, “Were you the only one serving this room?”

“Yes, I served every dish myself.”

Casper fell into thoughtful silence before he addressed Russell. “Pull the surveillance tapes covering the kitchen and this room. I want to confirm his claims.”

Soon enough, Russell appeared with the footage he requested. He’s telling the truth.

The server pushed the food cart himself to the room.

Something niggled at Casper’s mind.

“Sir, did you bump into our server when you exited the room? Did you notice anything amiss about our server then?”

Casper directed his question to the customer who had complained last.

Will’s gaze turned to him as well. His name was Zachary Bush, and he had joined them on their Horington trip upon the invitation of one of Will’s friends.

No one in the group was particularly close to him.

Fear flashed across Zachary’s face. “What’s that got to do with me? I just went to the washroom. I didn’t expect to meet the server.”

take a look at the surveillance footage. “Sir, the distance between the surveillance camera outside your room and the next closest surveillance point is

as Casper turned his attention to the server.

server’s gaze

involve the cops. I’ll tell them to treat this as a theft and

that his friend likes a particular seasoning on his food. He wanted to add it himself, so I let him do it before we entered the room. H-he also bribed me with three thousand, and I caved. When I heard that someone ended up

the incriminating

Casper noticed a powdery substance on each of

clean tissue to collect some of

“Get this analyzed. I want to know

extremely embarrassed. He had been so sure that the fault

could never have imagined that the culprit was

chilled when he realized how they had kept

brought him here?” Will

and pleaded, “Will, I don’t know what he’s thinking. I never thought he

replied, “You should be begging for Lucas’

to Casper, Will said, “I realize that most of the blame lies with us. However, your restaurant had also

will respect your decisions regarding this matter. Please trust that

was evident to Casper that these men were influential figures. It’s not wise

respect for Casper

wouldn’t be able to fish out

to find some scapegoats to face the eventual wrath of the Jameson

reported the matter to the police while Casper stewed

with the server as well

Lucas appeared to be in

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