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.”

room and the next closest surveillance point is less than a minute’s walk. Yet, five minutes passed before the server appeared

turned his attention to the server. “Why did you

the server’s gaze

I can only involve the cops. I’ll tell them to treat this as

told me 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

incriminating money out of

a powdery substance on

tissue to collect some of

analyzed. I want to know what’s

looked extremely embarrassed. He had been so sure that the fault lay squarely with

that the

realized how they had kept

brought him

stepped forward and pleaded, “Will, I don’t know what he’s thinking. I never thought he would do something

“You should be begging

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

as well. We will respect your decisions regarding this matter. Please trust that we will cover his medical bills as

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

scoffed, though his respect for Casper had grown

restaurant’s pretty organized. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to fish out

to find some scapegoats

the

arrived quickly and left with the server

hospital. Lucas appeared to

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