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.

quickly presented awards to the winning students, including Zilvia, before hurrying off, with

drove

that day, Cora clearly recognized Nellie's significance,

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

the report lacked

been Zilvia's first encounter

it seems that Nellie and Zilvia didn't interact much

that these two had any further contact

did these two actually

two pages of information and studied them

ten minutes, she locked the two pages in a drawer and moved on to

collective cold among the kids, and parents comparing their children, all

that Zilvia excelled in kindergarten, never caused trouble, and was exceptionally quiet and low-key. She got along

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

the "X" in the upper right corner and searched for Nellie online for

information about

events abroad. Since she wasn't the main subject in those photos, the accompanying reports didn't mention her specifically. At most, they casually noted her id

she said, "Let's stop here for now. Continuing could alert

she glanced at the clock. It was already past

her

the Donovan family, Arthur and Maria reported the messages

told me they've come to an agreement. The house will belong to their family. Once the compensation for the new homes is settled, they will provide Joel's family

paperwork. I told themtransfer

Mom is still

and Dad is on a business trip. They're trying

the transfer within

couple of days.

Maria showed everyone a

so they want us to hurry and pick them up. He also said that the four elderly members are partial

pictures, Joel looked bruised and battered, but his injuries weren't

wife and two slightly older children had only