Gem Atkinson replied with a "Thank you, sorry."
Maggie Spencer didn't want to leave, as she wanted to see the results, so she quietly sat on the side and waited.
After the fingerprint collection was finished, the banquet hall was empty, leaving only Gem Atkinson, Norton Jarvis, Josh Levs, Maggie Spencer, and Frank Atkinson.
The five of them looked upstairs simultaneously.
Upstairs, Forsythia Brown calmly recounted the events of her discovering her daughter in the closet after searching for Audrey in her room.
"Didn't find anyone else?"
"I thought my daughter was playing hide and seek with me, so the first places I searched were under the bed and the table. I also looked behind the curtains and in the bathroom. I can assure you that there was no one else in the room."
"How about the window? Was it open or closed?"
Forsythia Brown squinted her eyes in thought and said, "Closed."
