“If you want to see a room in detail, you just need to click onto the room like this,” Elvis Zachary clicked on the block featuring the study room, “You could also check the footage that was recorded an hour ago, a day ago or three days ago by clicking the setting tool on the right corner. The good thing about this is that it would auto-select frames that have been detected to have movement.”
“What do you mean?” Stella Grace didn’t understand.
“For example, if there is no one in a room, it will be a still frame. It would only be selected if someone or even an animal had entered a room. It would capture any kind of movement,” Elvis explained.
“Oh, that’s quite handy. I have another question then. When I’m not at home, could someone else turn on the computer and see the whole footage?” Stella was a little worried.
“First of all, you will need a password to access the computer. The software needs a password as well. Let’s put it this way. Your phone is equivalent to a key. Even if you want to check the footage on the computer, you will still have to use your mobile phone to scan it.”
Stella understood, “That’s good then.”
“Madam,” Elvis wanted to say something, but he stopped on second thought, “Do you feel that the current security is rather lacking? Is that why you wanted to install this?”
“No,” Stella did not want any of them to worry, “If one day someone were to break in to assassinate me, I’ll have video evidence of the whole thing. However, remember not to tell anyone about this.”
“Noted. You’ve told me many times, and I swear that I won’t tell anyone about this,” Elvis said with certainty.
Stella then went out to have breakfast.
After breakfast, she heard the sound of a helicopter approaching. She went to her room to prepare a few clothes. Then, she put on a thick coat and went out.
Anthony Levis was already there with a priest.
Stella got on the helicopter.
The ashes were fake, and it was put in an urn.
After Stella got on the helicopter, Elvis and Lynette followed after her.
The helicopter was noisy and Stella did not speak. She curled up in a corner and thought about the incident from the night before. She also thought about how Jasper had left the base. Her eyebrows furrowed.
The feeling of not knowing anything was the worst. It made her upset and frustrated.
After an hour or so, Stella saw their house that was on the island.
It was just a plain house. However, it became a home because of that special someone.
Since Jasper was not around, she felt cold no matter what she looked at.
After getting off the helicopter, the priest started the procedure of the burial.
Lynette Lanes brought some ingredients and went to cook in the kitchen.
Stella laid on the bed and looked at her phone. She was looking at the videos of each room.
When she opened the footage of the library, she saw someone was rummaging through something.
She got nervous and got up. She stared at the person on the screen.
The person was flipping through the room but he would put whatever he had touched back in an orderly manner. He didn’t make a mess.
He was still in the library.
She considered asking the Dark Shadow, who was lurking around, to catch him.
As the camera was installed on the door frame, she couldn’t see the man’s face clearly. She could only see the top of his head.
She watched patiently. After an hour, the man faced the door.
Stella stopped the scene right away.
Jasper!
It really was Jasper!
Although she was a little confused, she could not mistake his facial features.
What was he looking for then?
Stella got up from the bed and paced back and forth in the room.
She was elated. It turned out that Jasper was fine and he was still alive.
She stopped walking around and smiled. She looked at her phone and confirmed that it was Jasper.
However, why didn’t Jasper tell her that he was still alive? Was it because he was worried about her leaking his whereabouts?
What was he looking for?
Stella gradually calmed down. She sat on the bed and clicked on the video again.
Jasper was no longer around. Instead, it was Auntie Wood who had entered the study room. She was also rummaging through something.
Stella frowned.
She disliked Auntie Wood ever since that incident with Ralph.
What was she looking for in the library?
Now that there was only Auntie Wood left in the house, it seemed that her true colors had been revealed.
“Elvis!” Stella shouted.
Elvis did not respond.
Stella guessed that he didn’t hear her. She opened the door and shouted again, “Elvis!”
“Yes!” Elvis’ voice rang, “Coming!”
He ran to the stairs, and soon, he stood in front of her.
Stella turned on the monitor and showed the footage to Elvis.
“What the hell is she looking for? This woman is acting really suspiciously,” Elvis looked at Stella in distress, a bad feeling flashing across his heart.
Stella nodded and spoke, “I will ignore her today as I don’t want others to know that I am monitoring my house. However, please pay attention to her movements when you head back today. If she acts suspiciously again, don’t hesitate to catch her on the spot. She mustn’t’ stay in the villa anymore.”
“Noted,” Elvis glanced at the screen and roared angrily.
Stella called Auntie Wood.
Auntie Wood answered, “Madam, what can I do for you?”
“Do me a favor. I will send you an address to you later. Could you help me to retrieve a document? You mustn’t open it and you mustn’t give it to anyone else. You must put it on my bedside table once you got it, okay?” Stella ordered.
“Alright. I’ll do it now.”
“I’ll send the address to your cell phone,” Stella hung up the phone and called Allen.
“Allen, could you please do me a favor? I will send an old servant over to your factory in a short bit. I need you to hand her a document. It doesn’t matter if it’s blank. But I need a way to know whether she has opened the envelope.”
“That’s easy. Just use a code on the seal. Once it’s opened, you’ll know in an instant.”
“What if I don’t want her to know?” Stella asked.
“Are you trying to see if she will peek?” Allen questioned.
“Yes, I think that this person is acting suspiciously. I have already told her not to open the envelope. I want to know whether she would still open it.”
“That’s easy. As long as the paper is treated, it will oxidize once it touches the air. Then, you would know whether she has opened it or not.”
“That’s a good idea. Could you help me to do it then?”
“Sure. Are you at home now?” Allen asked her.
“No, I’m on an island. I have some matters to deal with here. What’s wrong?”
“I’ve been preparing for the thing that you had asked me to do. Also, Frederick has broken up with Linda. Linda was rejected by a man for the first time, so she’s having a hard time accepting it. She’s throwing tantrums at home, and I don’t know how she found out that she looks like you and that she has been Frederick’s rebound,” Allen was worried.
“She knows that she looks like Stella or Natalie? Does she know that Stella is Natalie?” Stella asked him.
“She knows. I am not sure how she got to know about it. She is very mad now and she even cursed at you. Linda is still young. If she comes to you, please forgive her. Her temper comes and goes quickly,” Allen reminded her.
“I see. Don’t worry, I won’t argue with her. I have to get going now. I’ll contact you after I’m back,” Stella hung up the phone and sent the address of Allen’s factory to Auntie Wood.