378: Hide the trails

Hide the trails

Jared and his men searched the floor from late night until dawn. But they could not find the source of the explosion. If not for the evident destruction and damage, there was nothing they could use to conclude that the problem had even cropped up. Meanwhile, Maggie observed the evil man losing his cool slowly, with her lips curled up. 1

'Jared, tch tch tch. Even if you spend an entire millennium, you will not find out the source of the blast.' She continued working on her laptop, trying to find out something that she could present to Jared. Maggie could not stay still as Jared's men were everywhere and it would only raise suspicion if she whiled her time away, especially when such a disaster had occurred.

Maggie retrieved the video footage even though the cameras on the second floor had blown up. 'I can present this to Jared. There is nothing in it anyway.' Maggie sighed and went in search of the hateful man who at that time was trying hard to find any clue.

"Jared, take a look at this." She held the laptop before him and played the video she had just copied on it. In the entire gang, she was the only one who called him by his name and all the men were jealous of this privilege she had. They too wanted to cut calling the man as their master and address him by his name. But they knew that doing so would only mean an early entry ticket to hell. So, nobody dared to do it.

"Did you find out something, Maggie?" Jared leaned in, hoping to find something, anything for the time being. He had been unsuccessful until now and Maggie was the only one he could pin his hopes on.

"Not exactly. I am unable to track the man responsible for the blast. Take a look at it yourself." Maggie played the video and Jared viewed it with great interest. He had to find the man responsible for the state before the end of the day, Or else, he would be in another painful lecture from his Godfather and that was something he never wanted to experience. His back was already hurting by the beatings he had received from the man when his Godfather had arrived a few hours ago and he did not want to go through that hell once again.

The video resumed and the two people watched it, closely observing what it held. "See the time. This is recorded a few seconds before the blast and immediately after..." Maggie did not have to continue further and elaborate on it. Jared heard the sound of the explosion and immediately after the footage went blank. "I can only retrieve until here. The camera must have shattered."

Jared pinched the space between his brows and ran his hand through his hair. "I know, Maggie. I saw the pieces lying on the ground."

"What do we do now, Jared?" Maggie put on an innocent face and questioned softly. "The man who was responsible for all of these did not enter the floor. That means..."

"He had a remote or it was a time bomb and he had planned this incident long ago." Jared finished her words and Maggie nodded, trying to hide her smile. "Looks like the man was well prepared. But that does not mean he can escape from me. Maggie, try to find out who else entered the floor other than my assistant and me. Nobody is allowed to even take a step here and if the man has entered my apartment, then that man is either too bold or just plain stupid."

"I am on it, Jared."

Maggie got to work on the spot, her fingers flying on the device while a series of codes made their presence on the screen. Jared could only stare at her skills in awe. The only thing Jared could never understand was working with intelligent devices and Maggie had used his weakness to her advantage. Her skills were top-notch and nobody other than Joshua could beat her when it came to matters to these. 

'What do I have to find this time? I have already deleted my part from it and other than Joshua Martin nobody can retrieve it for you.' Maggie thought to herself. However, she did not stop her fingers. "How far behind do you want?"

"Try the last six months," Jared suggested and Maggie nodded and retrieved the video. "Done, let me crop you and your assistant's part. It will be easier."

Jared remained silent as he did not understand what she talking about. He just observed her work, confusion and wonder taking over his form. "Done, take a look."

"Done? What did you do?" He was still puzzled and intrigued by her work.

"I just removed your and your assistant's parts using face identification. Now, the cropped video will only show all the people, other than you two, who have entered the apartment." Jared gazed at her, marveling at her expertise and skills.

"That was amazing, Maggie. I will reward you once we deal with the issue at hand."

'Who the hell wants your reward?' Maggie so badly wanted to roll her eyes at him. But she controlled herself. 'Just get caught fast so that I can go back to Ryder. My man must be waiting for me.' For a tiny moment, her gaze softened on thinking about Ryder. 'How long has it been since I last saw him?' However, the next second, she remembered where she was and came back to her cold self.

"Shall we take a look at this?" Maggie lifted her laptop and Jared nodded at her curtly, his eyes turning solemn in an instant.

The video did not have much in it for a long time and Maggie had to fast forward it until she found a glimpse of a silhouette. "This," Maggie resumed the video at normal speed, and the man they saw on the screen made both the girl and Jared to widen their eyes. 

"What the fuck is Tim doing on this floor?" Jared barked suddenly and his loud voice made Maggie flinch. 

"Umm, Jared, as far as I remember, Tim too had access to this floor." Maggie reminded him and the man gritted his teeth, his anger rising to another level.

"Could it be him?"

"I am not sure." Maggie bit her lip wondering if she should push the blame on the man who was already on Jared's hit list but decided against it. "He does not have any motive to do so. He was still loyal to you at that time."

"I agree, it has to be someone else. What the fuck! Who is that smart to have hidden his trail this brilliantly?" Jared seethed and Maggie immediately screamed the answer in her mind. 'It's me. It's me. What will you do? You moron!!'

"Wait a second." Jared paused suddenly, his eyes shining when something struck.

'Why do I have a bad feeling about this? What do you have in mind?' Maggie wondered, heartbeat racing gradually.

"Maggie, we have CCTV cameras on the ground floor too. We can see who was the one who pressed the remote to the bomb." Jared suggested with an evil glint and Maggie froze in her spot at once.

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