Chapter 1013 Evidence
Nicholas told Tessa to stay away from the orchestra, and Tessa obliged in case someone tried to sabotage her again. She would practice the violin with Gregory at home in the morning and record her album at Simon’s place in the afternoon.
On the other hand, Kellen was in a rut from making no progress on the case. The news outlets were stopped from writing anything about it, but the orchestra’s fans were keeping a close eye on the case, and he needed to give his team members closure as well.
Just when he thought he had no lead to follow up on, his assistant came in. “The makeup artist for Tessa is here, Kellen. She said she probably knows who sabotaged Tessa.”
Kellen told his assistant to take the makeup artist to him. “You know who sabotaged Tessa?” Kellen asked the moment he met the makeup artist.
The makeup artist nodded and told him the conclusion she came up with after two days. “The cops say I was the only one who came in contact with Miss Reinhart’s makeup products, but Susan came to see her on that day as well. That makes her a suspect. When I was doing Miss Reinhart’s makeup, she approached the dressing table as well.”
Kellen frowned. He didn’t think Susan would sabotage Tessa, but the makeup artist’s conjecture concerned him. He asked his assistant to bring the security footage over. Since the investigation was already underway, they got the footage without a hitch.
After hearing what the makeup artist had to say, Kellen watched the footage seriously, especially from the moment Susan came in. When she was about to leave the room, Susan raised her hand, and Kellen saw something powdering fluttering from her fingertips. He narrowed his eyes. “Rewind that by three seconds and enlarge her fingertips.”
The assistant nodded and did what Kellen said. Then they saw something like powder falling from Susan’s nails.
Kellen was infuriated. So Susan’s behind this. He told the assistant to send the makeup artist away while he went to see Sofia. “I know who tampered with Tessa’s makeup products, Sofia.”
“Who did it?” Sofia shot him a solemn look.
Grimly, Kellen said, “It’s Susan.”
Sofia was a little shocked to hear that Susan was behind it. She never suspected Susan to be the culprit, but she didn’t doubt Kellen. He wouldn’t have told her unless he had proof. And then she thought of something else. If Susan’s behind the tampering, did she sabotage the stage lift as well?
She and Kellen went to see Susan at the hospital that afternoon. Susan smiled and greeted them happily the moment she saw them, but they were in no mood to make small talk with Susan. After expressing concern over Susan’s hand, Sofia cut to the chase.
“Susan, we know you tampered with Tessa’s makeup products and caused her to have an allergic reaction. Do you have anything to say about that?”
Susan looked shocked, and her heart thumped furiously. They know? How did they find out?
She stared at the solemn Sofia and Kellen, and then she clenched her good hand, forcing herself to calm down. “This is a misunderstanding. I wouldn’t sabotage Tessa. Why should I? I have no beef with her.”
“I had hoped it was a misunderstanding. This is going to impact our reputation, but the truth remains that you did it to Tessa.” Sofia told Kellen to show her the proof.
The moment Kellen played the footage, Susan’s face fell.
