Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand novel Chapter 172

172 This Is The End Of It

Although John acted a little reluctant, he still sent Anna the footage a few days later.

That night, Anna opened her laptop and began to watch that video. She stared carefully and tentatively at every detail on the screen

The fire broke out at around 11:30 in the morning. At that time, all the junior and senior managers were having a meeting in the conference room on the second floor. Since it was lunchtime, many people were walking around in the kitchen. So, Anna didn‘t notice anything wrong for a while.

She saw Mike, the pastry chef, baking, and Kenny standing next to him to help. It seemed that Mike kept telling Kenny to get something, so Kenny left every few minutes and then came back. Each time he came back, he carried some ingredients.

At 10:54 am., the two children walked into the kitchen. Tammy walked in front, and Matthew followed her. Then, they stopped in front of Mike.

Anna still felt scared at the thought of two children trapped in the fire. She took a deep breath and then continued to watch the video.

Tammy and Matthew both had a sweet tooth. They immediately went to Mike‘s side after they entered the kitchen, and it looked like they did it very often. Mike pointed at the oven to them, and then to Kenny.

Then, the two children followed Kenny out. After that, Kenny was not in the picture again until the fire broke out.

According to the hotel‘s investigation, Mike had gone to the storeroom to smoke at that time. Mike was a chain smoker, and it was known to all the people in the hotel.

Anna first watched the whole video from the first minute to the last. Then, she skipped the beginning and end, and carefully watched the crucial part in the middle

However, she found nothing because everything looked perfectly normalm making he fire seem like an accident

After watching the camera footage in the kitchen, Anna checked the storage room video. However, she still found nothing.

The reason why the hotel put surveillance in the storage room was to prevent people from stealing things. So, the camera was only focused on the goods on the shelves and could not shoot the other few corners. And even if someone was there, they would not be captured by the camera

Anna thought she didn‘t even need to watch the video of the kitchen door because many waiters passed by there. She didn‘t see anyone suspicious except the two kids that strutted into the kitchen

But then, something suddenly occurred to Anna, When the fire happened, she went to the lounge to look for Tmmy and Matthew. Then, a waiter told her that Matthew had gone to the

restroom with the head waiter. That was why she thought Matthew was not with Tammy.

But, even if she recalled for a long time, she couldn’t remember who that waiter was.

Moreover, she had a hunch that Kenny might have done something suspicious. After watching the videotape, Anna was sure that Kenny was in the kitchen with the two children. However, when he came out, he only that said Tammy was in there. Everyone in the hotel knew that Matthew was Wayne‘s son. So, Kenny should have said that Matthew was there first.

After that, Anna found a piece of paper and wrote down three suspicious points about the incident

First, the head waiter did not take Matthew to the bathroom at all; the waiter lied. Second, Kenny only said that Tammy was in the kitchen but did not mention Matthew.

Third, why was Matthew inside the cold room? While Anna was thinking hard about these three suspicious things, she heard someone open the bedroom door. Then, a person opened the door to the study and handed in a box of takeout food.

“Hey, Ms. Holmes, are you still solving the case? Don’t forget to eat.” Peace said at the door and pretended to be cold.

As they were eating, she told Peace about what she thought. Peace said thoughtfully, “Well, I think you can just ask them. About the first thing, you can ask the waiter who told you that Matthew went to the bathroom. Only Kenny knows the answer to the second question. About the last, you can just ask Tammy or Matthew himself! You can‘t know the truth even though you keep thinking about it.”

Peace was choked with water when she heard her words. She coughed and asked, “What? Anna, are you crazy? Why do you have to make things so complicated! You are going to Liverpool just to find Mike?”

After realizing that Anna would go there no matter what she said, she said, “Oh, okay. Anna, if you really want to go there, just do it. I‘ll ask them these questions for you later, okay?”

Peace, however, smiled at Anna. She stroked her hair, raised her eyebrows proudly, and answered, “Yes, I can. You know, I‘m very popular among gentlemen. Besides, someone in the hotel had a crush on me.”

Anna felt resigned. She said, “Well, thank you. But, Karl should never know about this. Otherwise, that guy will be screwed.”

Karl and Peace were both flirts. When they first dated, Anna thought they were just having fun. But, Anna didn‘t expect Karl to change from a womanizer to a loyal boyfriend.

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