CHAPTER 2:
Later that same day back at Aubrey & Chloe's dorm room.
"Okay, so retrace your steps." Chloe said. "What exactly do you remember from this morning?" She asked.
"Okay, this is much as I can remember. This morning after breakfast, I grabbed my coat and headed off to Economics class." Aubrey said.
"You don't suppose the money got planted in your coat pocket while we were asleep last night, do you?" Chloe asked.
"That's impossible, we always lock the door before we go to sleep, and our dorm is on the third floor of our building." Aubrey said.
"Okay, so what happened when you got to class?" Chloe asked.
"When I got to the lecture hall, I set my coat down at my seat, and then I turned my back for 10 minutes to use the bathroom." Aubrey said.
"Okay, let's stop right there. Was there anyone else in the lecture hall when you got there?" Chloe asked.
"Nope. I was the first one to arrive." Aubrey said.
"Then it's possible that maybe the money got planted in your pocket during that 10 minute time window." Chloe said.
"Could be. When I came back, nobody else in the class arrived yet." Aubrey said.
"That make sense. The culprit would committ the crime when there were no witnesses." Chloe said.
"Right. It had to have been someone else who had a class in the exact same building my Economics class was being held in." Aubrey said.
"It'll take forever to interview every student who had classes in that building." Chloe said as someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Aubrey asked.
"Campus police." A police officer said as Aubrey let him in.
"Aubrey Posen, the dean has informed me that someone planted money in your pocket." The officer said.
"That's right sir. We have no idea who did it." Aubrey said.
"There's one way to find out. Every building has security cameras in the hallways. Maybe that'll give us some clue." The officer said.
At the campus police building, Aubrey & Chloe looked at the security footage the officer showed them.
"So what time did you arrive at the lecture hall?" The officer asked.
"Around 7:45. About 30 minutes before class started." Aubrey said.
The officer played back the security footage from 7:45 to Aubrey's return 10 minutes later. When the footage shows someone else in the shot..."That's it! Right there." Aubrey said as the officer zoomed in.
"Okay, so this person was wearing a green hoodie and carried a black backpack." Chloe said.
"Well, that doesn't really narrow it down. There could be hundreds of students that wear green hoodies." Aubrey said.
The officer resumes the security footage until the culprit exits the lecture hall, and then pauses when a face appeared.
"I don't believe it. The culprit is..." Chloe said.
"Kori?!" They both asked.
"I don't believe this. Why would she want to frame me?" Aubrey asked.
"There's only one way to know. It's a good thing we didn't throw away her information when you kicked her out of the Bellas." Chloe said.
"Yeah. We kept her info in our dorm room. Let's quickly grab it and then go find her." Aubrey said.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: There you go. The suspect has been revealed. What happens next? Find out in the next chapter.
