Gavin said awkwardly, âWell maybe I got mixed up! I have to clean so many rooms every day, itâs easy to lose track of which is which!â
Ellinor laughed, âGavin, with a memory like yours, do you often serve the wrong dishes? If youâre always like this, I doubt your boss will keep you on for long!â
Waiter Gavinâs eyes flickered nervously, Iâm not feeling well today, so my memoryâs a bit off. Miss, you forcibly took the soup pot from me to hurt that kid. Why are you trying to pin it on me now?â
âDid I say you had anything to do with the kidâs burns? Iâm just looking for the memory cardâ Ellinor snickered, then turned serious, âGavin, itâs not too late to hand over the memory card Otherwise. Iâll call the cops and let them use their professional means to find out who took the memory card instead!
Iâm sure you were careful to wipe off your fingerprints when you took the memory card! But what you might not know is that police technology is so advanced now that even if you wiped off your fingerprints, the air around you would have recorded your body cells for up to 24 hours. The police just need to collect these cells from the air with their special equipment, and they can immediately verify whether the suspectâs DNA matches yours! Thatâs called the Body Cell Evidence Law!
If the police find out you took the memory card, combined with your illogical behavior, it would be hard for them not to suspect you of causing premeditated harm to the childâ
Her words left the three highly educated gentlemen, Theo, Balfour, and Bartlett, puzzled. They looked at each other, wondering if theyâd heard wrong. What was this âBody Cell Evidence Law?
Thatâs night, Ellinor made it up! There was no such law, she was just trying to scare Gavin.
Gavin, not well educated, didnât understand what body cells were. But seeing how confident she sounded, he believed her and was terrified.
He was scared that the advanced police technology would find his DNA and he freaked out, âI⦠I didnât! I have no grudge against you, why would I hurt a kid I donât know?â
Ellinor seized the opportunity to press him, âSo admit it, did you take the memory card? Who told you to?â
Gavin became extremely uneasy and began subconsciously looking at Patricia, âShe asked me toâ¦â
The truth was about to be exposed. Ellinor narrowed her eyes, âWho is she?â
Gavin looked confused and was struggling to cope with the situation. His eyes fell on Patricia as if his defenses were about to break, âItâsâ¦â
Suddenly, Patricia began to cough as if she were choked by something.
âPatn, whatâs wrong?â Balfour, worried, supported his sister and gently patted her back.
Patricia coughed for a while before slowly recovering. Her face was pale, and she said weakly, âBro, Iâm okay, just a bit choked by the smell of the kitchenâs smoke.â
Balfour breathed a sigh of relief, âAs long as youâre okay.â
During the coughing fit, Patricia had secretly signaled Gavin.
Gavin paused as if he had received some sort of prompt or threat. He looked around in confusion, then suddenly pointed at Ellinor, âIt was you! Werenât you the one who asked me to take the memory card from the camera? You said you were afraid of being caught and sent to jail for hurting the kid, so you transferred some money to me and asked me to destroy the evidence on the memory card. Now youâre trying to put all the blame on me! You really canât be trustedâ
Ellinorâs eyebrows furrowed, the situation was back in Patriciaâs hands!