Heath froze for a moment when he saw Kailunya, because he remembered this child. After all, Heath had always felt that this child seemed to have maneuvered him into becoming a witness, one who helped him-no, helped her escape suspicion.
It had been after three in the afternoon when Heath signed the internship sheet Kailunya gave him, but Heath remembered that Kailunya had actually left sometime after two. That extra stretch of time in between was a problem. What had Kailunya gone off to do?
But the evidence Heath provided to the Officer Jennys had little effect. Faced with their questions, Kailunya stated very earnestly that she had only left after three in the afternoon. As for Heath's recollection, she did not know why he remembered it that way either.
There were actually very few surveillance cameras around the Indigo League. Heath still remembered a recent news report saying that the League's speaker planned to discuss whether more cameras should be installed. According to the Officer Jennys' investigation, when Kailunya left Heath's food truck and then appeared on camera, it had indeed been after three.
Together with Heath's own handwritten signature, that essentially established that Kailunya had worked until after three in the afternoon. No matter what, Kailunya had an alibi, and the final evidence could only come from the fire investigation report.
"Good morning, Heath!" Kailunya looked at Heath with a smile, a familiar hint of shyness on her face and a child's innocence in her eyes. Nothing appeared amiss at all.
"...Good morning, Kailunya." Heath sighed inwardly. This troublesome child was odd. Heath always felt that something was off about her, as though she were a criminal genius with a high IQ. Combined with those books he had received for serving Kailunya...
"So you know now, Heath? Then