The Enigmatic Return (Neera and Jean) novel Chapter 996

Alvin sat nearby, leaning against the back of his chair, adopting a gentlemanly demeanor. To everyone's surprise, he began to put in a good word for Isabella. “Let's all stay calm. I believe Isabella didn't do this on purpose. She has always been dedicated to her work at the hospital. There might be some misunderstanding here. Given her usual meticulousness in handling matters, such an issue might have arisen perhaps because she was too tired and overlooked it, which led to the wrong medication being prescribed.”

Upon hearing that, Isabella tightened her lips, her expression turning grim.

It would have been better if Alvin had not spoken up for her.

His words clearly shifted the blame for prescribing the wrong medication onto her.

It was a disgustingly hypocritical act.

She wanted to defend herself, but the moment she opened her mouth, she was not sure what to say to prove her innocence.

After a brief standoff, Harris broke the silence. “Since Alvin has spoken up, let's remove Isabella from her position as the hospital director before we thoroughly investigate this matter. Any future decisions will be temporarily determined by a shareholder vote. Does anyone here object to this proposal?”

Of course, everyone agreed with the arrangements.

Isabella stood in front of the long table, surveying the expressions of those around her. She felt as if she had plunged into a realm of frigid despair.

After returning home, Neera went straight to her study and sat in front of her computer to watch the surveillance footage.

The triplets noticed something off about her complexion when she returned. Feeling somewhat worried, they carried a plate of fruits and went in to check on her. “Mommy, have some fruit.”

Neera turned around and noticed three little heads peeking out from behind the desk.

Her expression softened. “Thank you, babies. Mommy has something important to attend to and can't play with you right now. You go ahead and play by yourselves.”

Penny shook her head, her voice soft and sweet. “We're not asking you to play with us. We're just a bit worried about you. You seem like you're in some sort of trouble.”

Sammy added, “Yeah, you look so serious, just like this.”

After speaking, he deliberately furrowed his brows, making an exaggerated expression.

Neera chuckled upon seeing Sammy's expression, which somewhat alleviated her bad mood.

“That's more like it, Mommy. You look prettier when you smile.” Seeing the smile on their mother's face, the three little ones breathed a sigh of relief.

As a smart and observant boy, Harvey could tell something was amiss when Neera and Isabella left in a hurry. “Mommy, is Godmother in trouble?”

Upon noticing the concerned looks on their faces, she hesitated for a while before telling them about the situation at the hospital.

Upon hearing this, the triplets furrowed their brows in worry. They never imagined Isabella would encounter such a serious issue. “We want to help too!”

They clenched their little fists, each filled with determination. “No matter what, we must help Godmother out of this predicament!”

After a brief contemplation, Neera agreed to involve them.

The three children were particularly skilled in this area, especially Sammy, whose keen eye for surveillance footage far surpassed Neera's. He might just spot a flaw that she had missed.

With that, she stood up, carried Sammy, and placed him on the chair.

Harvey and Penny stood beside him, observing from the sidelines.

Reviewing the footage took them more than three hours.

The time range they had to review was extensive, and checking each of the footage required a significant amount of time.

Meanwhile, Jean returned home after finishing work. Not finding a single person in the living room, he made his way to the study.

Seeing the mother and her three children completely engrossed in the computer, he was quite surprised. He approached them and asked, “What's going on? What are you all looking at?”

“You're back.” Neera tilted her head up, feeling a bit dazed after staring at the computer for too long.

She paused for a moment before she began to tell the story.

Jean could not help but knit his brows. “There's something weird about this.”

Neera nodded in agreement. “I feel the same way. I trust that Bell wouldn't make a mistake with the prescriptions. Something's fishy about the prescription list that appeared on her computer.”

While speaking, she noticed that Sammy kept dragging the progress bar back, fixating on a particular clip and watching it over and over again.

“Is there any issue with this clip?” she asked.

With a frown, Sammy replied, “I'm not entirely sure, but something about this place doesn't seem right to me.”

“What's wrong?” Neera tensed up immediately.

The young boy pointed to a part of the image. “The segment at four-thirty in the afternoon doesn't seem right. The footage here looks like it's been edited.”

Despite scrutinizing the footage for a while, Neera still could not quite understand what Sammy was trying to say.

Sammy pointed at a spot on the screen, patiently explaining it to her. “Mommy, look at this. In the previous frame, there was no sunlight coming through the window. It's almost dark outside. But in the next frame, there's a faint light shining in. It's subtle, but the brightness does change. Then in the frame after that, the light disappears again. So, this surveillance video has likely been tampered with. Someone may have cut out a section in the middle and edited it together.”

Upon listening to his description, carefully studying the footage, and watching it twice, Neera still could not see much of a difference.

To her, there was not much of a difference in the three images that Sammy had paused on, but she trusted his judgment.

If the truth was just as Sammy had said, then the culprit's meticulous planning and actions were all aimed at covering up the fact that they had used Isabella's phone to alter the prescription.