“We found out that the person of interest, Miss Jessica, arrived in Seafield the day before today. She has been staying in Hilton Hotel since then, and she was in her room for the entire time until yesterday afternoon, when she headed out to visit Paradigm Co. and Marina City for a while. After that, she went back to the hotel, and she hasn’t left since then.” The detective reported all of his findings.
Sonia knitted her brows. “Are you saying that she stayed in the hotel for most of her trip?”
“Yeah.” The detective nodded. Sonia lowered her gaze as her expression darkened. That’s not right. That doesn’t sound like Jessica at all. A nicer description of Jessica would be that she’s a lively and outgoing person, while a harsher way to describe her would be that she’s a busybody who can’t seem to sit still when she’s at home. Based on Sonia’s understanding of Jessica, Sonia was certain that Jessica wouldn’t be able to stay in the hotel for such a long time.
Furthermore, the places that Jessica had visited one day ago were Paradigm Co. and the area where the Reed Residence used to be located. It was impossible for Jessica to return to Seafield just so that she could visit these two spots. Sonia narrowed her eyes as she continued questioning the detective. “Can you see what she’s doing in her hotel room?”
“I’m afraid not. Hilton Hotel has pretty strict rules about ensuring their customer’s privacy. If she doesn’t step out of her room, I won’t be able to tell what she’s doing,” the detective explained as he shook her head. Sonia wasn’t disappointed with his answer as she had expected this to be the case. She only asked the question to try her luck. Who knows; the detective might have some tricks up his sleeve, right? She didn’t feel dejected despite not being able to gather such information on Jessica.
“You can’t tell what she’s doing in the room, but I’m sure you can find her check-in details, right?” Sonia asked
again.
“Yeah, of course,” the detective replied without any hesitation.
“Great. In that case, I'd like to know if she’s staying alone or if she’s staying with another person,” Sonia uttered.
“She’s alone. I checked her booking details—she booked the room for one person. Also, apart from the hotel staff, no one else has entered her room in the past few days,” the detective answered.
Suspicion flickered in Sonia’s gaze. What’s going on? Didn’t Sandra come back with her? The detective continued speaking while Sonia was still puzzled over the situation. “By the way, Miss Reed, I also found out that Jessica got the hotel staff to help her purchase a flight ticket from the airport this morning.”
“A flight ticket?” Sonia leaned her body forward. “Is she going to leave Seafield?”
“Yes,” the detective replied. “I went to ask about it when the hotel staff returned
from the airport. Jessica told the staff to buy a flight for today at 4.00PM, to the Republic of Mesania.”
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