One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 172

Chapter 172 This Matter Ends Here

Although Addie looked like he had been forced to associate with a criminal, he obtained the surveillance footage of the day of the incident for Courtney anyway.

That night, Courtney inserted the USB drive into her computer and pulled up the video file. Then, she carefully observed every detail on the screen as she watched the video. The fire occurred at approximately 11.30 AM. Most of the middle and senior-level management were having a meeting in the meeting room on the second floor of the hotel. As it was close to lunchtime, many people were inside the kitchen. Moreover, many people came and went from the kitchen, so it was hard to notice any suspicious activities.

From the video, she could see the pastry chef, Mr. Gideon, baking in the kitchen, and Louie, working next to him. It seemed like Louie had been asked to replenish the ingredients. She watched as Louie walked away for a brief period and came back holding various ingredients of different shapes and sizes.

At 10.54 AM, two little figures appeared in the video. Jordan was following behind Tina as they entered the kitchen and stopped in front of Mr. Gideon.

Recalling the scene of the fire, Courtney felt a lingering fear in her heart. Then, she took a deep breath of cold air and continued watching the video. Tina and Jordan both loved to eat sweets. From how familiar they seemed to be with Mr. Gideon, it seemed like it wasn’t their first time coming into the kitchen to look for him. He pointed at the oven, then pointed at Louie. After that, the two children followed Louie somewhere else.

Following that, Louie did not appear in the video again until after the fire broke out in the kitchen.

At 11.10 AM, Mr. Gideon walked away from the oven. According to the hotel’s current investigations, that was the time Mr. Gideon had gone to the storeroom for a smoke break. He reportedly had a serious cigarette addiction. This was something everybody in the hotel knew. Therefore, not many people were suspicious of the reason given by the hotel management.

video’s progress bar until she reached the critical period and re-watched that portion of the video again. Even so, she couldn’t find any clues. Everything seemed natural and logical—the incident looked like nothing more

the storeroom was mainly to prevent people from stealing. Therefore, it mainly focused

 

kitchen was even less productive than the other two videos. Too many serving staff came and went through the entrance. Aside from watching the

had taken Jordan to the restroom, which led her to misunderstand that Jordan was not with Tina. Unfortunately, she could not recall which member of the serving staff had told her that, no

clearly brought both children to the kitchen. However, he only reported that her daughter was

a piece of A4 paper, she listed the three suspicious points about the incident. Firstly, it was a lie that the supervisor had taken Jordan to the restroom. Secondly, it was suspicious that Louie mentioned Tina being inside the building but did not mention whether Jordan was caught in the fire too. Thirdly, why was Jordan rescued from

and a hand holding a takeaway

it. “Why don’t you just ask them directly? For the first point, you can just ask the serving staff that told you Jordan had gone to the bathroom. For the second

plan to head to Eastbrook,” Courtney slowly said. Hearing those words made Cameron choke on her saliva in surprise. “Eastbrook? What’s wrong with you? Do you have to go that far just

want to hear it directly from him. I need to know if he was smoking in the

no stopping Courtney. “Fine. If you really want to go, then go. I’ll find some time to investigate

looked

her shoulder and lifted her eyebrow proudly. “I have suitors everywhere in this land.

like she was having a headache. “Don’t let Gale learn about this. Otherwise, you’re going to bring harm to those

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