Shania nodded and quickly walked away.
Once she was out of the security guard's sight, she changed direction and headed straight for the underground parking garage.
The parking garage was massive, but it wasn't hard to navigate.
After entering, she began searching for the car.
Today, Hayden had driven a different car. After a wash and maintenance, his driver parked the Audi A8 there again. The car gleamed under the garage lights after waxing.
Shania found the car and immediately started taking pictures with her phone. She pressed her face against the window, trying to see inside, but the tinted windows blocked her view.
Luckily, the front windshield wasn't tinted, so she stretched her neck to peek inside, but still, she couldn't see anything.
Despite that, she did manage to find the car.
This car being in Liberty Grove's parking garage meant that the man driving it probably lived there too—maybe even living with Violeta.
She wished that she could get a picture of Violeta and this man together.
Shania's eyes lit up as she thought about her next move. She decided to leave the garage and wander around Liberty Grove, hoping to get lucky. After all, she was already there, so she might as well take a look around.
It was her first time in such a high-end neighborhood. She had heard that the rent here was more than 10 thousand per month.
Just as Shania was about to leave the parking garage, a patrolling security guard caught sight of her.
"Who are you?"
Shania's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly pulled herself together. After all, working with Evelina had exposed her to high-pressure situations before.
And today, she was dressed quite respectably, so she bravely turned around and snapped, "I'm a resident here. I just came down to grab something from my car. Why are you shouting and scaring me like that?"
The security guard hadn't seen Shania before, but her confidence made him hesitate.
"You're a resident? Which building and unit are you from?"
Shania had no idea, but she pretended to be confident and replied, "Building 2, Unit 6."
The guard immediately saw through her lie. "Our residents don't introduce themselves by their unit numbers like that. You're not a resident! Who are you? What are you doing in the parking garage? Are you up to something?"
Realizing she'd been caught, Shania didn't waste a second and ran away.
She couldn't afford to get caught.
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