Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
Calvin’s words were cut short by a sharp nudge from his wife. “Honey, have you forgotten? We have our own tech whiz. It’s Arlen’s birthday today. We can’t bother him with this. Let’s take the USB drive back and have someone on our team look into it”
Upon hearing this, Arlen realized that Bess wanted to see the contents first. Could it be that there were things even he wasn’t aware of?
“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 didnt 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 Mirabella 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?”
Mirabella 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.”
“You’re amazing!” Eunice couldn’t help but pinch Mirabella’s cheeks, her niece was truly a hidden gem.
Meanwhile.
Mr. Clarence’s gaze remained dark and menacing. He turned to his head of security, “How’s the surveillance footage coming along?”
The head of security replied respectfully, “Right before you went upstairs, seven or eight quests left the main hall for the garden. The cameras don’t cover every nook there, but those who appeared on screen seemed normal. No anomalies detected.”
“And what about Eunice and that girl she brought with her?” Mr. Clarence asked, eyeing them from a distance, suspecting something fishy about the pair.
“Eunice has been cornered by a group of ladies the whole time, and as for that girl, Mr. Burnell was chatting her up not long before the cameras went down. We didn’t get anything on tape.”
“What did you say?” Mr. Clarence’s eyes flickered with shock. Could it be that girl had pulled off her move right then?“After you mentioned someone was eavesdropping outside the study, I led a team to check on the quests. We searched the main hall, then the garden, and found Eunice and the girl there. Neither had left the area. They didn’t seem suspicious.”
“No.’ Mr. Clarence still sensed trouble. If that girl knew how to restore deleted footage, then she surely knew how to erase it!
“But the time from when you went to the study until we discovered the eavesdropper was only a few minutes.
Our men were all over the property. If that girl really went upstairs, she would’ve been seen. It’s unlikely she could move in and out undetected in such a short span.”
So, the head of security believed the suspicion was unfounded.
“It’s either she’s up to something, or she has an accomplice. Either way, keep a close eye on them!
Even if they go to the restroom, send some women in after them to make sure they’re not plotting something!”
“Yes, sir”
Ten minutes later.
Mirabella spotted Mr. Clarence ambling solo towards the restroom.
Before his hand even grazed the restroom door, Mirabella knocked him out cold and dragged him to the adjacent terrace, swiftly drawing the curtains closed.
The head of security had just seen Mirabella heading in the direction of the restroom, and in the next moment, she had vanished from sight.
His instincts on high alert, he first searched the area, then had one of the maids knock on the restroom door.
The maid’s hand hadn’t even touched the door when a soft cough of a woman could be heard from inside.
It was so brief that the head of security couldn’t be sure if it was Mirabella or not. He could only stand aside and keep a stealthy watch.
Behind the curtain, Mirabella transferred all the chat messages from Mr. Clarence’s phone to her own and set up remote monitoring. Then, she slipped the phone back into Mr. Clarence’s pocket, leaped onto the roof, and flicked a pebble at him to wake him up.
Mr. Clarence grunted in pain, groggily coming to, immediately alerting the head of security.
The head of security pulled back the curtain to find Mr. Clarence sitting on the ground and hurried over to help him up.”Mr. Clarence, what are you doing here?”
Mr. Clarence’s head throbbed painfully. He vaquely remembered heading to the restroom but couldn’t figure out how he had passed out.
Was it possible someone had tampered with something?
With this thought, he frantically checked his pockets. His keys and phone were still there, nothing seemed to be missing.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe he had just run out of steam.
Just then, someone emerged from the restroom.
It was Eunice.
She walked with a seductive grace that caught the head of security’s eye, making him suspect something was amiss.
Eunice made her way to the main hall, right as Mirabella returned from a different route. Mirabella smiled and asked her darling niece, “Got it?”
“Yep, it’s on my phone now.”
Not only did Mirabella secure the chat history, but she also set up real-time monitoring of Mr. Clarence’s phone.
From then on, whatever messages Mr. Clarence received or sent, Mirabella would see them too.
Eunice cast an approving glance at her niece. She hadn’t expected one niece to be worth a hundred others.Mirabella’s efficiency was so high, it was a true relief.
At that moment, Mirabella noticed Calvin, Bess, and Arlen descending the stairs with grim expressions, seeming to have parted on bad terms.
Then, Mr. Clarence received a message, which he relayed to Arlen. The gist was that the deed was done.
Arlen’s eyes flickered with shock and delight. He seemed to hardly believe it, but Mr. Clarence nodded affirmatively, as if to say, rest assured, our people witnessed it.
Reassured, Arlen invited all the guests to the garden for a fireworks display.
Under the grand fireworks, Arlen urged all the guests to raise their glasses and drink to their heart’s content.
When the fireworks ended, he cut the cake amidst the crowd’s cheers.
“What could possibly make him so jubilant?” Eunice noticed Arlen had been beaming since the beginning, an expression of triumph she had never seen before.
“Somebody messaged Mr. Clarence a while ago, saying the problem had been taken care of; Mirabella explained. “Perhaps this was someone who had been a thorn in Arlen’s side.”
“It can only be your grandfather or uncle, but that’s impossible,’ Eunice stated confidently. “They don’t have the means to take care of anyone.”
A servant brought over slices of cake to them. Mirabella nibbled symbolically on a few bites, but soon after, she noticed quests collapsing one by one.
Eunice too struggled to stand, massaging her temples.
Mirabella steadied her, “Aunt Eunice.”
She hadn’t expected Eunice to be such a masterful actress. Eunice put Serena’s attempts to shame.
Mirabella had already slipped Eunice the antidote earlier, so whatever they had been served, it had no effect on either of them now.
One by one, guests collapsed before their eyes, and then suddenly the lights in the entire villa dimmed.
Mirabella felt a wave of malice surge toward her as a dozen men in black launched their attack.
Another group of men in black went after Eunice, who, just a second ago seemed dizzy but now sprang into action with fierce precision. Within seconds, she had laid out several attackers.
Those lurking in the shadows couldn’t believe their eyes.
“Is Eunice that skilled?”
“What kind of moves are those? When did she learn them? Why has no one ever mentioned this?”
“That woman has some deep secrets! Who is she, really?”
Mirabella was just as surprised by Eunice’s prowess. With her stunning looks, Eunice was a storm of beauty and strength in combat, not dragging Mirabella down in the slightest.
On the contrary, in the next five minutes, the two women together took down every one of the assailants.In the darkness, Eunice’s lips curved into a seductive smile, “Calvin, Bess, your guys are pretty weak.
Aren’t you going to show yourselves now?”
No one stepped out of the night, and Eunice taunted, “Hiding is so boring, isn’t it? And Arlen, Teresa, planning a murder and you hire these amateurs? Is this level of skill meant to tickle us?”
The lights in the living room flickered back on.
Several elders, flanked by dozens of their men, emerged.
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