Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Just because he took it, so what? It's just a bunch of useless junk, right? What are you gonna do, beat him up, or worse? Bragging about how rich you are, and here you are, squabbling with a child over nothing!" "Look at him, you've scared him half to death! My boy's not the healthiest, and he's got his whole future ahead, going to college and all. What if you've ruined his eyes with all this crying? Can you afford that?!" Roseanne watched her whole performance, then let out a cold laugh, "I don't recall saying what he took was just 'paper'."

The woman froze.

But Norris and Madge were frantic-

"Those things in Anne's room aren't just any old papers; they're crucial documents! And our Anne doesn't make false accusations. If she says your son took them, she's got proof. It's best if you just have Wade give them back, and we can put this whole mess behind us." The woman wouldn't listen: "Roseanne's word isn't law! I'm standing my ground today. It doesn't matter whether Wade took it or not. If I say we're not giving it back, then we're not. What are you gonna do about it?"

Roseanne didn't want to waste her breath and pulled out her phone to call the police right then and there.

The woman scoffed, unimpressed.

Thinking she didn't know a thing about the law?

Just a few pieces of paper, nothing of value. The cops wouldn't bother with this!

Yet, half an hour later, the police did show up.

And not just one, but four of them.

"We received a report of theft, involving some important documents. Who's Roseanne here?"

Seeing the situation, the woman was scared. "Officers, it's just some silly kid stuff, a few papers gone missing, making a mountain out of a molehill. No need for all of you to come down here.

just kids making a fuss. Sorry for wasting

surveillance footage

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her bag and handed

student ID. I'm

at Kingswell University

working on a confidential

experiment."

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