Chapter 336: Suspicion
"Surveillance from that day? Why?" Max asked slowly but Adam’s jaw was clenched so tight that he could barely speak a word. Max waited for another moment, giving Adam time to answer but when no reply came through, he asked again, "Wait. Adam... why now? Why surveillance all of a sudden? Do you think there’s a clue in it? Maybe something that could tell us who hurt Melanie... or where Melody was taken to? But how will the hospital surveillance help? Melanie said that she walked directionlessly for an hour or two before she got to the hospital."
Adam didn’t answer immediately. He kept walking, one hand in his coat pocket, the other holding the phone tighter than necessary, his mind in a whirl.
Max, finally sensed something was off, pushed again. "Adam?"
Still no answer.
Then came the faint sound of a door closing and Adam had entered the stairwell where he finally seemed to collapse on the stairs as he spoke quietly, his voice colder than an iceberg, "I need access to that surveillance," he said quietly, his voice stripped of emotion. "We need to find out who took Melanie... and what Melody is really up to."
The words hit like a thunderclap and seemed to echo in the quiet stariway.
"What did you say?" Max nearly fell out of his chair as he just heard the words. "Did you just say who took Melanie? Adam, what the hell are you talking about?"
Adam leaned against the cool metal railing, head tilted down. He hadn’t meant to say it. Or even believe it. Not yet. Not until he had proof. But the words had slipped out and he knew they were the truth.
"I don’t know what I’m talking about," he said at last, but Max wasn’t buying it.
"No," Max said sharply. "You do. You wouldn’t say something like that unless you had a reason. What’s going on? What happened? You want to check the surveillance of the hospital because you think Melanie was taken away?"