"Bess, you are so hung up on that flash drive, could it be that there's something on there you don't want me to see?"
Arlen didnt hesitate. He yanked the flash drive from the computer and slipped it into his pocket.
Bess panicked, "I knew it! You know the password, you've just been playing dumb, trying to catch us out! What could we possibly have that you don't know about? It's you, isn't it? Have you been doing something behind Calvin's back? Hand over that flash drive."
Upstairs, Eunice knew chaos had erupted. When she saw Arabella approach, a smirk played on her lips. âYou're quick on your feet, kiddo"
"You're not too shabby yourself, Aunt Eunice."
Eunice's voice dropped to a whisper, "There are over a hundred cameras around this mansion. Can you hack them remotely?"
Her people, upon arriving nearby, discovered that the entire area within a five-hundred-yard radius of the mansion was under surveillance. It looked like Arlen was planning something big.
"I've taken care of the cameras by the back door and along the east fence"
Eunice was taken aback, "When did you do that?"
âJust now. After eavesdropping on Mr. Clarence and his goons in the study, I paid a little visit to Arlen's room and took the liberty of disabling them."
Eunice hadn't expected her niece to be so swift, nor so clever to anticipate their moves and disable the cameras in advance.
"So, you're telling me that if someone were to come in through the east fence or the back door, the cameras wouldn't catch a thing?"
Arabella nodded, âThe guys in the security room will see the timestamps moving, but the footage is frozen. The system isn't recording anything. Even if someone were to walk in right now, it wouldn't show up on their screens."
"You're amazing!" Eunice couldn't help but pinch Arabella's cheeks, her niece was truly a hidden gem.
Meanwhile.
Mr. Clarence's gaze remained dark and menacing. He turned to his head of security, âHow's the surveillance footage coming along?"
The head of security replied respectfully, "Right before you went upstairs, seven or eight quests left the main hall for the garden. The cameras don't cover every nook there, but those who appeared on screen seemed normal. No anomalies detected."
âAnd what about Eunice and that girl she brought with her?" Mr. Clarence asked, eyeing them from a distance, suspecting something fishy about the pair.
âEunice has been cornered by a group of ladies the whole time, and as for that girl, Mr. Burnell was chatting her up not long before the cameras went down. We didn't get anything on tape."
âWhat did you say?" Mr. Clarence's eyes flickered with shock. Could it be that girl had pulled off her move right then?
âAfter you mentioned someone was eavesdropping outside the study, I led a team to check on the quests. We searched the main hall, then the garden, and found Eunice and the girl there. Neither had left the area. They didn't seem suspicious."
"No.â Mr. Clarence still sensed trouble. If that girl knew how to restore deleted footage, then she surely knew how to erase it!
"But the time from when you went to the study until we discovered the eavesdropper was only a few minutes.
Our men were all over the property. If that girl really went upstairs, she would've been seen. It's unlikely she could move in and out undetected in such a short span."
So, the head of security believed the suspicion was unfounded.
âIt's either she's up to something, or she has an accomplice. Either way, keep a close eye on them!
Even if they go to the restroom, send some women in after them to make sure they're not plotting something!"
"Yes, sirâ