"We discovered that Madeline arrived in Port City the day before yesterday. She's been staying at the Seashore Hotel since then, and she stayed in her room until yesterday afternoon, when she went out to check out Skylight Corporation and Twinriver District. She returned to the hotel after that, and she hasn't left since." The detective reported all of his findings to Sydney.
Sydney's brows furrowed. "Are you saying she spent most of her time in the hotel? "
"Yeah." The detective said as he nodded.
Sydney's face darkened as she lowered her gaze.
Sydney thought, "That is unreasonable. That doesn't sound anything like Madeline.
Madeline was a lively and outgoing person. To put it in a harsher description, she was a troublemaker who couldn't seem to sit still at home.
Given Madeline's personality, Sydney was confident that Madeline would not be able to stay in the hotel for such a long time.
Furthermore, Madeline had recently visited Skylight Corporation and the area where the old Raines Residence used to be. Madeline couldn't possibly return to Port City just to see these two places.
Sydney continued to question the detective with narrowed eyes. "Can you look into her hotel room and see what she's up to?" "Unfortunately, no. The Seashore Hotel has many rules in place to protect its customers ' privacy. I won't be able to tell what she's doing unless she comes out of her room." The detective explained as he shook his head.
Sydney was not surprised by his response because she had figured it out.
She just wanted to try her luck in case she could know something from the detective.
So even if she couldn't know what Madeline was doing, she had nothing to lose.
"You can't tell what she’s doing in the room, but I'm sure you can find her checkin details, right?" Sydney inquired.
The detective replied, "Of course."
"Great. In that case, I'd like to know if she'll be staying alone or with someone else," said Sydney.
"She's by herself. I double-checked her reservation information and discovered that she had reserved a single room. Also, no one else has entered her room in the last few days except the hotel staff," said the detective.
Sydney's gaze flickered with suspicion.
"What's the matter? Didn't Kaylie return with her?"
Sydney was still confused by the situation as the detective continued speaking, "By the way, Ms. Raines, I also discovered that Madeline asked the hotel staff to help her purchase a flight ticket from the airport this morning."
"A plane ticket?" Sydney leaned forward. " Do you think she’ll leave Port City?"
"Yes," said the detective. "When the hotel staff returned from the airport, I went to inquire about it. Madeline instructed the staff to book a flight to Beautrea for 4 p.m. today."
"Beautrea..." Before raising her head, Sydney muttered to herself. "I got it. Thank you a lot. In a little while, I’ll transfer the final payment to you."
"Okay, Ms. Raines."
Sydney tossed her phone on her office desk after the call ended, leaning against her chair and looking down at the ground. She lowered her gaze as she started pondering.
She was wondering what Madeline was going to do.
Madeline suddenly came back and spent nearly three days in the hotel. And she only left her room once. She walked around the Skylight Corporation before heading to the Raines Residence.
She couldn't have gone in because she didn't have the keys. Then she went for a short walk outside the area before returning to the hotel. After that, she intended to leave Port City and would take a flight to Beautrea.
It seemed as if Madeline may have returned to take a look because she missed her home. However, Sydney knew her too well to believe that.
Thus, Madeline must come back for some reason.
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