Chapter 817 In a Daze
With a pair of calm eyes, Emmeline looked up at Kayla and Lilly.
Then, she spoke in a deep voice, "Lilly is not the one who switched the vodka. Someone has altered the surveillance video. "
"What?"
Everyone was taken aback.
If it wasn't Lilly, who would it be?
Panicked, everyone stared at each other while guessing who was the fox in the henhouse.
At the same time, Kayla puckered her brows.
Because she was standing close to Emmeline, she could see the footage displayed on the computer screen in front of Emmeline.
Clearly, the footage showed that no one was touching the rack. How was Emmeline sure that Lilly didn't take it?
Was she trying to tell a barefaced lie?
With that, Kayla spoke with dissatisfaction.
"Emmeline, I know you are trying to help Lilly, but shouldn't you have the basic sense of truth? The footage has clearly shown that except Lilly, there was no one else who opened the rack. How can you be so sure that she didn't take the vodka?"
Hearing that, Emmeline glanced at Kayla coldly.
Looking at Emmeline, Kayla somehow felt that the way Emmeline looked at her was a little strange.
As if, Emmeline was... looking at an imbecile!
With that, Kayla came to her senses and was infuriated.
However, before she could blow her fuse, Emmeline spoke.
"Although last few days' surveillance videos show that Lilly was the only one who approached the rack, this does not mean that she is the culprit."
Upon hearing Emmeline's words, Kayla was confused. "Why did you say so?"
Being interrupted, Emmeline stopped for a second and stared at Kayla with annoyance.
As Yunne was irritated as well, she couldn't help but told Kayla off, "Miss Burke, can you please let Miss Illington finish her words before you ask any questions? How do you expect her to answer you when she hasn't even finished explaining?"
For a while, Kayla was speechless.
Crossed, she gritted her teeth and gave a cold snort. "Seriously? How would I know if she still has something to say? She drawls like an old woman."
As soon as she said this, not only Yunne, but Jara was also unhappy.
However, it was clear that no one wanted to haggle over this issue with Kayla.
Then, Emmeline continued with a faint tone, "I am sure that Lilly is innocent because someone had tampered with the surveillance video. Just now, I asked Yunne to pause here because someone tampered with this part. If anyone of you doesn't believe it, you can come over and have a closer look."
After hearing what Emmeline said, everyone was bewildered, so they all came over to have a look.
As for Jara, he had good eyesight, so he didn't even need to go and have a look. In fact, when Emmeline was replaying the video just now, he had already noticed the odd part.
Perhaps the other party's editing skills were not good enough, so there was a small flaw in the edited footage.
At the part where Emmeline asked Yunne to paused just now, there was a person who was just about to leave the picture, but the next second, he disappeared.
It was as if he had vanished in the thin air.
This was very strange.
Basically, human motion trajectory meant that instead of disappearing in a flash, one would need to walk a few steps to exit a place.
It was obvious that someone had cut off a scene in the middle. However, that person had overlooked this small detail.
Instead, that person just pieced the remaining parts together in a rush, which resulted in this mistake.
In this way, everyone understood the actual situation now.
"Oh my god! Who is it? Who edited this surveillance footage?"
"The person who edited it must be the one who steals the vodkas!"
"I don't think it's one of us. We are too busy in the kitchen to know video-editing."
At that time, everyone started to discuss about it.
Judging from the current situation, Kayla realized that this matter might have nothing to do with Lilly.
With that, she was a little annoyed. At first, she'd wanted to display her intelligence in front of Jara, but in the end, she had landed herself in a self-defeating situation.
To prevent Emmeline from stealing her thunder in front of Jara, she had no choice but to be persistent in her own opinion.
Thinking of this, Kayla spoke, "OK. So the video was edited, but that doesn't mean that Lilly didn't take it. Who knows? She could be the one who edited the surveillance video to conceal her crime."
As soon as she finished her words, all the people were dazed.
Kayla was right. That was possible too.
However, Lilly quickly waved her hand.
"No. I... I don't know how to edit a video, and there is a person in charge of all the surveillance cameras. Without Mr. Holland's order, no one can access those footages."
What Lilly said was also true.
After all, Jara had a special identity. So, the castle's security was very strict.
Naturally, for such an important thing as the surveillance footage, only authorized personnel could touch it.
Thinking up to this point, Emmeline turned her gaze toward Jara, who had been standing aside and watching.
As soon as Jara met Emmeline's meaningful gaze, he raised his eyebrows as he knew what she meant.
Right away, he turned around and called in the person in charge of the surveillance cameras.
The person in charge was a young man around his twenties. His hair was slightly messy, and he wore a pair of glasses. At first glance, he seemed like a cultured man.
On the way here, he already knew why Jara had called him over.
Therefore, as soon as he arrived, he pushed his glasses up and clarified, "I am the one who installed the security cameras here, but the kitchen is far from the general control room. So, I have installed a separate switchboard in the lounge next to the kitchen. As I am responsible for monitoring the whole Tower B, I can't be here often, and the monitor room here is usually locked."
Hearing that, Emmeline asked, "Are you the only one who has the key?"
He nodded and took out a key from his pocket.
"Yes. I am the only one who has it, and this is the only key."
After Emmeline took the key, she looked at it and her gaze deepened.
Now that things had turned out this way, everything seemed strange.
Suddenly, Yunne spoke her mind, "I think Lilly is less likely to be the thief. After all, the thief is the person who edits the security footage. Even if Lilly knows how to edit, she couldn't enter the monitor room without the key."
Her words made sense.
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