The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 1347

"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 didn't 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. "You'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?"

"Just 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, "The 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."