Chapter 1008 - 1000: Discovered Flaw 4

Chapter 1008: Chapter 1000: Discovered Flaw 4

A sound, then, the wardrobe door was pulled open by her.

She looked down, first checking the floor of the wardrobe for footprints.

But the woman was very cautious and left no footprints. She organized and examined the clothes inside one by one.

She found a strand of hair.

Long black hair, very similar to hers. She suddenly thought of the woman in the surveillance video, who also had long black hair.

But she could confirm that the clothes in the wardrobe were clean, and it was impossible for there to be hair.

So, that night, this woman hid in the wardrobe, and after she fell asleep, pretended to have a sleepwalking episode, went out, and harmed her cousin.

She put the hair under her nose and sniffed it. There was a faint fragrance, different from the scent of the shampoo she usually used.

This further proved that she did not harm her cousin.

Afterward, she carefully preserved the hair again and squatted down to examine the wardrobe.

A faint peppermint scent reached her nostrils, presumably left by that woman.

Peppermint scent...

Why use peppermint?

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

She was so focused on her thoughts that the sound startled her. She turned around to see Aiden Shaw already inside.

"Did you find anything?"

Tiana Thorne nodded, "There’s a strand of hair here that doesn’t belong to me."

Seeing this, Aiden Shaw used a pre-prepared disposable bag to put the hair inside.

Seeing this, Tiana Thorne couldn’t help but smile softly, "You are still so thorough."

He came to the side of the wardrobe, "Anything else discovered?"

"Not for now."

"The scent of peppermint." Aiden Shaw murmured, then looked at her, "You don’t seem to have any peppermint-scented perfume."

Tiana Thorne nodded, surprised at how attentive he was to these details, "I don’t."

He looked around, coming to the same conclusion as hers, "That night, that woman was in this wardrobe."

"Yes."

Tiana Thorne took a sharp breath and continued, "After she came into the room, she took off her clothes and put them on me, then hid back in the wardrobe."

"Look closely, there must be bloodstains. In such a short time, it’s impossible to perfectly clean all blood from her body. After doing everything, she must have been flustered."

Aiden Shaw said, "But given how meticulous she is, before leaving, to avoid being caught, she must have cleaned up the bloodstains."

Tiana Thorne nodded, "Let’s look for it."

"Okay."

Then he turned on the flashlight on his phone and started searching for bloodstains inside.

Indeed, in the corner, there was a faint wiped bloodstain, not very crimson. Rubbing it with a finger and placing it under the nose confirmed the scent of blood.

"It can be confirmed that she returned after to pin all this on me and indeed hid in the cupboard."

Upon hearing this, Aiden Shaw’s eyes became heavy, "At the time, I didn’t notice."

Tiana Thorne narrowed her eyes coldly, "Yes, I never thought in this direction. Had we opened the wardrobe then, we could have caught this vicious woman in the act."

"The situation back then wasn’t your fault."

Tiana Thorne looked at him, "She got away, and I’m afraid if there was a first time, there will be a second. My cousin didn’t realize it wasn’t me closest to him; could the others recognize it?"

This was also what Aiden Shaw was worried about.

Tiana Thorne was silent for a moment before saying, "Now, we must first think about who did all this."

"Hmm."

As she thought about it, Tiana Thorne recalled the scene at that time. Theoretically, when her older brother broke in, the woman was still in the wardrobe.

Because she had to clean the bloodstains before leaving, she could only hide inside and not come out.

So, those present at that time couldn’t be the perpetrator.

That night, those present were Louie, Jay, Zane, and Georgia Thorne.

These people can be excluded.

Besides them, in the villa, it seemed there were no girls around her age.

Tiana Thorne furrowed her brow, "The clothes in this wardrobe are from a long time ago; I wouldn’t wear them. The clothes I frequently wear and keep at home are all in the small cabinet in the bathroom."

"Therefore, only someone close to you would know this detail, and that’s why the woman could hide in the wardrobe, confident you wouldn’t open it even when you showered."

Tiana Thorne nodded, "Yes."

A puzzling question arose, "Only the people of the Thorne family would know this detail. Just now, I thought about it, the ones similar in age to me were all in front of me at the time, so they can be excluded."

"Have you ever mentioned this detail to anyone else?"

The clothes in the wardrobe belonged to the original owner. Although she didn’t wear them anymore, she had no right to dispose of them, so she kept them well-preserved, never touching them.

Tiana Thorne explained, "I don’t wear the wardrobe clothes anymore and haven’t thrown them away. Last time, I asked May to bring me a few sets of clothes for convenience to wear when returning home, and have them placed in the bathroom."

Upon finishing, she noticed Aiden Shaw’s gaze suddenly turning icy.

She quickly interrupted his suspicion of May Sloane, "It can’t be her. You know my relationship with her, don’t you?"

"She betrayed you before."

Tiana Thorne’s trust in May Sloane was absolute, "That was in the past. From now on, and in the future, she will never betray me again."

Nevertheless, she did not blame him because she knew Aiden Shaw also cared for her and naturally wouldn’t overlook any possibility.

"Let me ask May if she shared this with anyone else."

"Hmm."

Tiana Thorne dialed May Sloane’s phone number. Recently, she had been busy coordinating the adaptation of the script for "To the One I Love Most," spending every day with Fourteenth Brother, unaware of what happened to her.

The phone connected, and May Sloane was overjoyed, "Tiana, your Fourteenth Brother’s novel is so amazing. I absolutely love it. I’ve become one of his devoted fans now."

On the phone, one could hear the sound of pages turning.

Tiana Thorne smiled, "Is my Fourteenth Brother easy to get along with?"

"Since I’m your manager, he certainly won’t give me a hard time. He’s quite nice to me. He truly is talented. It would be a pity if he didn’t become a leading screenwriter in the industry."

As she spoke, she shifted to the main topic, puzzled, "Why did you call? Are you asking when the script will be ready? Tiana, you must understand, this is a 1.5 million-word online novel. To adapt it into a film, the script needs a lot of time to perfect. The screenwriter you hired and Fourteenth Brother have been working around the clock, so don’t worry."

Tiana Thorne shook her head, "It’s not that. Thank you for your work on the script."

"Then what is it?"

Tiana Thorne looked at the wardrobe, gently closing her eyes, "May, I have a very important question for you."