In a small office, Thandi placed her lunch bag in the communal fridge on one shelf, and her dessert, a piece of cake in a clear container, on a different shelf. Before leaving the fridge, she told Raj that she couldn't wait to enjoy her cake later. An hour after, while Thandi was in a meeting, Mika opened the fridge looking for her own lunch. She noticed Thandi's cake and silently wished she could have a piece. Preston, who was passing by the kitchen, saw Mika gazing at the cake but didn't speak to her. Later, Thandi entered the kitchen to find her cake missing and asked both Raj and Preston if they knew what happened to it. Raj remembered Thandi telling him about the cake but had not been back to the kitchen since their conversation. Preston only mentioned seeing Mika looking at the cake but didn't insinuate that she took it. Who is most likely to know where Thandi's cake is and why? Provide a brief response.
Mika is most likely to know where Thandi's cake is because she was the one observed looking at the cake with interest while in the kitchen, as noted by Preston. Thandi explicitly mentioned her anticipation for the cake to Raj before the meeting, which means Raj knew the cake was important to her but had no knowledge of the cake's whereabouts after their initial conversation. Preston saw Mika eyeing the cake but had no evidence that she took it; however, he is aware that Mika was the last person he saw near the cake. Since Mika was seen wishing she could have a piece, without others obviously involved or present in the kitchen based on the information provided, it is reasonable to infer that Mika may have taken the cake or at least knows what happened to it. There is no evidence presented that anyone else was in the kitchen or had a motive to take the cake. This reasoning takes into account the following: Thandi's placement of the cake, Raj's knowledge of Thandi's intent to eat the cake later but with no further information after that, Mika's observed interest in the cake, and Preston's testimony of seeing Mika with the cake, without directly accusing her of taking it.