"She was indeed the prime suspect at first," the duke said, "but listen to the whole story first. During our way down, I suddenly remembered to have not yet locked my desk's drawer. I hurried back to my workroom as I asked Joselyn to follow me back as well."
"Why do you ask her to follow you back?"
"Because there are many important letters with sensitive information inside my desk. I am not a suspicious person, but still, I like to be careful. If important documents are missing, then I want to search her first. When we came into the room, I found out the painting was missing. I immediately searched the maid. She was frightful but cooperative, I did not find the painting on her. So I activated the barrier and called the castle guards to stop anyone from going in and out of the estate. I also notified the palace to send military aides to help deal with this matter, in which captain Salem showed up soon after."
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