She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Athena clicked on the information Cora sent over.

Perhaps due to Cora's meticulous investigation, the data only captured events from a month before Zilvia's disappearance. Specifically, it was the last month before kindergarten closed for the holidays.

The kindergarten officially closed for the holiday on Advent Sunday.

The documents Cora sent were arranged in reverse chronological order, starting with what happened at the kindergarten on December 31.

"At half past 2 in the afternoon on December 31, Nellie Lambert the honorary chairwoman of Rose Academy in Osceiton, visited Rose Academy privately with her assistant, without any official personnel or media coverage.

She spent an hour touring the middle school, followed by another hour in the elementary school, and arrived at the kindergarten at half past four. The visit was very low-key. Aside from the principal and a few teachers, no one knew who she was. Throughout the visit, she wore sunglasses, which she even kept on indoors.

She toured the various classrooms and facilities without attracting the children's attention, and there were no unexpected or strange occurrences.

Some teachers recalled that she didn't seem well, appearing somewhat dazed, but she was polite and spoke appropriately, leaving a good impression on the staff.

At five, Nellie had dinner in the kindergarten cafeteria with the head of the kindergarten.

Since the kindergarten was holding an Advent Sunday celebration that evening, Nellie accepted the invitation to stay and watch the performance.

After dinner, the head of the kindergarten and the teachers were busy preparing for the event, while Nellie took a stroll around the kindergarten with her assistant until she arrived at the playground shortly before the performance, sitting front and center. The event began at half past six.

Because Catherine and Zilvia hadn't informed their family about the Advent Sunday celebration in advance, and Zilvia was not fond of discussing kindergarten activities at home, no one from the Donovan family attended.

Zilvia's performance was the sixth on the program.

She recited a poem.

Nellie praised Zilvia briefly, and nothing more came of their interaction.

The head of the kindergarten noted that Nellie removed her sunglasses during the performance, revealing her blank stare, as if she hadn't slept well or was unwell. She frequently checked her phone and sometimes lowered her head to stare into space, appearing troubled.

Overall, the event was lively and bustling, but nothing particularly noteworthy occurred.

At exactly 8 in the evening, the performance concluded.

students, including Zilvia, before hurrying off, with no significant interaction

later drove

about that day, Cora clearly recognized

this was 17 years ago, and the teachers and parents of that time could hardly

report lacked

been Zilvia's

that Nellie and Zilvia didn't interact much and that nothing particularly notable

there's no indication that these two had any further

these two actually

of information and studied them

the two pages in a

the kindergarten, like children arguing and fighting, a collective

exceptionally quiet and low-key. She got along well

often choosing to read alone, gaze at the sky, or engage in puzzles that ordinary

computer, Athena clicked the "X" in the upper right corner and searched for Nellie online for the

information about Nellie

Since she wasn't the main subject in those photos, the accompanying reports

said, "Let's stop here for now.

as she glanced at the clock. It

she logged off the internet, shut down her computer, and went to wash up for

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