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Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia and Ethan) novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79

“The garage camera didn’t record her car,” the property manager, Mr. Greene, reported, voice grim. “But the gate

footage… it shows her Lexus–registration matches–entering at

08:47 PM exactly.”

“Then the car–her car–vanished from every camera inside the

community?” I asked, my tone flat.

He nodded. “Yes. But then last night, around 09:45 PM, we see a

Chevy leave the garage. License plate was obscured.”

“Someone tampered with the feed,” I said, turning to Gai. “Cross- reference all cameras for past fifty hours. Find anomalies: blind

frames, jump cuts, missing files.”

“Got it,” Gai replied crisply, tapping keys. “Also pulled the gate timestamp. Scanned for identical cars passing in and out other

entry points.”

I slid my phone to quit the call now there were police on site, sirens muted – and spoke into silence. “Signal staff to hold any

technicians on standby. No firmware resets. We need original

data. Freeze everything.”

The officer in charge, Detective Marquez, nodded gravely. “We’re already logging chain of custody for all drives and

DVRs”

“Good,” I said, forcing calm. “The longer we wait, the more

chance someone erases evidence”

Rustling footsteps alerted me to Ava approaching. Her face was

pale.

“Alexander,” she whispered, “they found something.”

“What did they find?”

A deer–in–headlights fear made her eyes flicker. “That same

black Malibu… it shows it entering the gate here three days ago.

At midnight. We examined the timestamp: April 25th, exactly

at 0:03 hours.”

“Three nights ago. That’s exactly when Olivia left for Jersey.

She’d been followed then too.” Ava swallowed.

“And it wasn’t the same car,” Gai said, voice iron–quiet. “It’s

identical make, model and license plate of the one that left last

night.”

I took a step back. “So anyone inside Duskhollow Pines could’ve

known about her movements, even before tonight.”

My jaw clenched. This wasn’t random. This had been planned

long ago–someone had been tailing Olivia for days.

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Detective Marquez stepped forward, holding a portable drive

and a notebook. “This is the gate feed. I’ve logged the Malibu

coming in at 00:03 three days ago. No exit recorded–until last

night. Also, someone tried to delete the footage between entry

and exit times. It’s heavily redacted.”

I pried open the back of my mind, chillingly aware: this wasn’t

just intimidation. Someone had been tracking Olivia’s every

movement–knowing what time her car crossed each gate.

This was personal. Dangerous. With the reach of two powerful

families in motion, secrets I’d hoped were personal were now

  1. up. “That delivery man is the same mysterious guy from the

Windsor? Chole’s sister?” He looked between Ava and me. “That

implies direct Windsor involvement in Olivia’s disappearance.“”

My jaw clenched. The implications were immediate–my mind

raced.

I had thought this was a random abduction tied to rumors or

Ethan. But I never considered thatBellaWindsor–or someone

acting on her–orchestrated the staged “delivery” offered

confession to a stranger living in Olivia’s building. Now, I feared,

the same logic could be used to snatch Olivia.

I muted the phones and pressed my forehead into my hand.

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This wasn’t about rumors anymore–it was a premeditated

invasion. Chole had claimed Olivia “seduced” Ethan; but for

Bella’s involvement, someone at Windsor was already

organizing hits on Olivia’s safety and location.

“Detective, if the suspect is Windsor–connected,” I said firmly, “it

risks blowing this entire situation back into the public with

greater explosive force. Wemusttreat Windsor Group as a

hostile actor.”

Detective Marquez nodded. “We’ll proceed–discreetly. But we

need a warrant. And fast.”

I rose to my feet. “Then we keep moving. Ava?” She nodded.

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