Chapter 343
Avery clicked on the information Cora sent over.
Perhaps due to Cora’s meticulous investigation, the data only captured events from a month before Zilvia’s disappearance—specifically, the last month before kindergarten closed for the holidays.
The kindergarten officially closed for the holiday on Advent Sunday.
The documents Cora sent were arranged in reverse chronological order, starting with what happened at the kindergarten on December 31.
"At half past 2 in the afternoon on December 31, Nellie Lambert, the honorary chairwoman of Rose Academy in Osceiton, visited Rose Academy privately with her assistant, without any official personnel or media coverage.
She spent an hour touring the middle school, followed by another hour in the elementary school, and arrived at the kindergarten at half past four. The visit was very low-key. Aside from the principal and a few teachers, no one knew who she was. Throughout the visit, she wore sunglasses, which she even kept on indoors.
She toured the various classrooms and facilities without attracting the children’s attention, and there were no unexpected or strange occurrences.
Some teachers recalled that she didn’t seem well—appearing somewhat dazed—but she was polite and spoke appropriately, leaving a good impression on the staff.
At five, Nellie had dinner in the kindergarten cafeteria with the head of the kindergarten.
Since the kindergarten was holding an Advent Sunday celebration that evening, Nellie accepted the invitation to stay and watch the performance.
After dinner, the head of the kindergarten and the teachers were busy preparing for the event, while Nellie took a stroll around the kindergarten with her assistant until she arrived at the playground shortly before the performance, sitting front and center. The event began at half past six.