Then, he clicked on the first video.
Jared watched Amber unhurriedly debating with the parents, and she even proposed a match between the boys when the parents doubted Logan's skills. Two wins out of three rounds.
It turned out that Logan went to find Amber that day because he wanted to take part in the try-out. He didn't dare look for him. Therefore, he sought assistance from Amber.
Jared furrowed his brows as he was a little unhappy that Amber helped Logan without his permission. Nonetheless, he continued to watch the video patiently.
"Do your best in playing the game. You're disgracing your brother if you lose."
In the video, Amber handed a towel to Logan, and talked to him. Amber gazed at Logan for more than ten seconds as she raised her head to look at him. However, Jared couldn't see her expression because Hayden shot from the side.
After Jared had finished watching the first video, he clicked on the next video.
While Amber was cheering for Logan, she said calmly,
"Let him be if he wants to accuse me."
"He has to introspect himself."
"Jared should reflect on how he is doing as a brother. He should understand what kind of life Logan wants. Don't regret it when something bad happens."
This woman helped his brother without his permission. Yet she wanted him to reflect on himself?
Jared was amused.
There was only Jared, Ben, and a man wearing a cap in the office.
The man stood in front of the mahogany desk with his head bowed, and he was trembling.
The man shivered involuntarily as he felt Jared was displeased. Then, he spoke softly, "Ms. Gardner approached me that day, Mr. Farrell. She asked me to put the recorder in that room…"
"I accepted 40,000 dollars from her, and it is all inside this bank card. I didn't touch the money at all," The man said as he placed a bank card on the table.
The man spoke several sentences, but Jared remained silent. The man was almost out of breath due to the invisible pressure.
"I made a mistake, Mr. Farrell. Please forgive me," The man's knee was trembling, and he was almost on his knees. Then, he continued, "I'll notify you immediately if Ms. Gardner looks for me again in the future."
Jared moved his eyes away from the phone and looked at the man who spoke, "How long exactly is the audio recording?"
When Hayden was cleaning the surveillance camera's record, he told Jared that he noticed a man sneaking out from Amber's private room. Upon checking, Hayden stated that it was a newspaper reporter who took this job to earn some extra income. He suspected that this reporter published the audio.
Jared had asked Ben to contact the reporter an hour ago. After the reporter entered the office, he confessed everything without Jared's questioning.
"More than forty minutes," the reporter answered immediately and continued, "I placed the recorder in when there's no one inside the private room. The audio that was published was edited too."
The man took out the recorder from his bag and put it on the table, "This is the recorder. I assure you that there is no backup for the recording."
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