Because it was nighttime and the angle was problematic, the footage from the surveillance didn't capture the scene very clearly.
However, it was clear enough for Cecilia to recognize that slender silhouette...
It was indeed "herself"!
No, to be more precise, it was a woman who closely resembled Cecilia Vaughn in figure—slim, her face indistinct, but from the faintly visible side profile, it appeared delicate. Her walking posture was almost identical to Cecilia's.
And most crucially, the woman in the footage was wearing an identical outfit to Cecilia Vaughn's!
The woman was wearing a water-white embroidered dress, where the embroidery of soft Chinese flowering crabapples danced with the breeze, elegant and simple in style.
The surveillance didn't capture the woman's face directly, but upon her arrival, Chloe Alden, who had been cowering and shivering on the deck, suddenly stood up as if she'd seen a ghost.
