Chapter 194 Investigating One by One
How did Abella restore the surveillance footage?
"This is the truth you wanted," Abella clicked to play at three times the speed.
At 5:30 PM, a truck was parked at the gate. Maria and a few servants went to unload things from the truck.
Sitting on the sofa, Mrs. Medici remembered that every mid-month, a dedicated driver would deliver rice, oil, and salt to their doorstep.
From the surveillance footage, the truck's doors opened, and several servants carried numerous items into the house, such as rice, various spices, and barrels of cooking oil...
Maria carried two barrels by herself, but accidentally stumbled at the doorstep, causing the oil to spill all over the floor.
One of the servants in front heard the sound and tried to help, but Maria stopped them. From Maria's movements, it was clear that she was warning about the slippery floor and telling them not to come closer.
One of the servants pointed at their clothes, as if saying, "Your clothes got dirty, you should go inside to change quickly."
Maria glanced at her clothes, then called the truck driver over, seemingly asking why the two barrels weren't sealed tightly.
After a while, Maria detoured into the house to change her clothes.
Perhaps due to time passing, she forgot to call someone to clean the floor.
At first glance, everything seemed to happen unintentionally, but Abella still noticed a clue.
Firstly, Maria was Lola's personal servant, so she didn't need to help carry things.
Secondly, she only went to the truck for oil after all the other servants had carried the items into the house...
When she was getting the oil, she hesitated for a while. It seemed like she needed some time to unscrew the caps using her hand. At that moment, the truck's door obstructed her view
There was some movement, and one could only see that she had stood there for a while. She was an elder in the household and naturally aware of where the surveillance camera was pointing. So when she entered the door, she deliberately tripped over the threshold, pretending that everything was happening by accident...
"Master, Madam, it's all my fault! I was idle and offered to help with carrying things. I didn't expect that the two barrels of oil were not properly covered. Miss Lola asked me to come in and change clothes, and as soon as I finished changing, Miss Lola called me over to have some snacks. I didn't dare refuse her kindness, and I momentarily forgot about the oil on the floor. I didn't ask someone to clean it up properly, it's all my fault!"
Maria spoke while pretending to be remorseful and was about to stand up to apologize. However, the pain in her body caused her to fall back onto the sofa.
"Why weren't the lids closed tightly?" Mrs. Medici coldly asked the others, "The oil spilled, and no one cleaned the floor? Maria, when you and Lola fell, you should have remembered this, but when I asked you why you fell, you didn't mention it at all! And when you saw Bia beating around the bush to frame Abella, you didn't stand up to help and speak out!"
"Madam, I'm sorry! I'm in so much pain from the fall, my mind is full of the pain signals from my bones and nerves. I didn't think about it at that moment, and in addition, my brain is not as sharp because of my old age. Please punish me!"
"Madam, it's all my fault. I saw Miss Lola get hurt and I panicked, that's why I misspoke. Please forgive me!" Bia also apologized hurriedly.
One of the servants also rushed to explain, "At that time, when we finished moving the things inside, Miss Lola said we had worked hard and let us have some snacks. As we were eating, we forgot about it..."
She lowered her head as she said this.
"The driver of the truck said that it's possible they didn't inspect it properly before delivering it. Such incidents happened last year too..."
"Madam, it's all our fault. Please punish us!"
"Punish?" Mrs. Medici looked down at them with authority, "Of course, there will be punishment! If Abella hadn't restored the surveillance, what kind of false accusations would you have wrongfully imposed upon her now?"
"We're sorry, Miss Abella!" Several servants trembled in fear and quickly knelt down, "We're sorry, Madam, we're sorry, Miss Lola. It's all our fault..."
It was all because of their greediness and Lola's constant care and concern for them that they forgot about this incident.
"Maria, your responsibility is to take care of Lola. Even though you had good intentions in helping with the things, when the oil spilled, you should have at least called someone else to clean it up properly. You say you forgot because of your old age, and I can understand that. Considering you have taken care of Lola for eighteen years and now you hurt yourself like this, I will deduct one month's salary as a punishment, but this won't happen again."
"Thank you for your mercy, Madam!" Maria, grateful but defiant, looked provocatively at Abella, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"
Abella slightly curved her lips as if everything was within her expectations.
"All of you forgot to clean the floor after eating snacks, causing Lola to fall and almost suffer unwarranted blame. I will deduct two months' salary from each of you as a punishment!"
"Thank you for your mercy, Madam!" The servants, grateful but relieved, were glad they weren't fired...
It should be noted that the Medici family...
Grace knelt down in a hurry and pleaded, "Madam, it's all my fault. Miss Lola has been very good to me all these years, and I was too anxious when she got hurt. That's why I misunderstood Miss Abella. I apologize to Miss Abella now!" She had said earlier that if she had misunderstood Abella, she would kneel down and apologize.
Now, she knelt down in front of Abella, saying, "Miss Abella, it's all my fault for speaking thoughtlessly due to my impatience. Please forgive me! I come from a rural area and lack education! I beg you to consider the twelve years I have dedicated to this family and spare me this time. I'm kowtowing to you!"
Grace really bent down and kowtowed three times in a row.
Anyway, it was essential to keep her job.
Abella's gaze landed on her calmly, and the corners of her lips curled up. "Grace, when you were deleting the surveillance footage, did you ever think that I would be misunderstood, disliked, and looked at differently?"
Everyone looked at Grace in shock!
She deleted the surveillance footage?
Grace was stunned for a few seconds. How did Abella know??
"Because for this high-end surveillance equipment, in order to prevent suspicious individuals from deleting the footage, the front camera takes automatic photos when deleting. You deleted half an hour of footage but forgot to delete your own photo."
Grace was completely dumbfounded. She didn't expect to ruin herself due to a slight oversight!
"Miss Abella, I was wrong. I was out of my mind for a while. Please forgive me..."
Maria became anxious in her heart. There was no front camera in the surveillance equipment at all. Abella was bluffing, but unfortunately, Grace was naively frightened and confessed of her own accord!
"Until this moment, you're not going to reveal who the mastermind is behind this?" Abella's expression remained calm, and her voice was indifferent.
But Grace was already scared out of her wits and subconsciously looked at Maria and Lola...
They both looked nervous and anxious, as if saying, "Don't say it, don't betray us!"
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