Chapter 778 Chapter

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A muffled groan echoed as the man hit the ground, clutching his side.

I pressed the bat against him and leaned in to get a better look.

It wasn't Hayden.

It was a stranger.

"Who sent you? Who let you into my apartment?" I asked.

The man shook his head, refusing to talk. I didn't bother playing nice. Pulling out my phone, I said, "Fine. Let's see what you tell the cops."

"Don't call the police!" he blurted, panicking. I just wanted to steal a few things! I'll give them back right now, okay?"

His hand moved toward his pocket, and my instincts flared. "Don't move," tightening my grip on the bat.

"I snapped,

He froze mid-motion, then slowly pulled his hand out, revealing a handful of my jewelry. "I only took these. That's it," he said, trying to sound sincere.

Just a petty thief? Yeah, right. These were probably the first things he grabbed to make it look that way.

I wasn't buying it. My finger hovered over the call button as I stared him down.

please! Don't call the cops!" he begged,

he was so terrified of the cops ruining his life, maybe breaking into my apartment wasn't

He looked like he was weighing his options, so I pressed him harder. "If

a guy who sent

"I don't know his name. He gave me some cash upfront and promised the rest after the job

exactly was the job? What were you supposed

pressed.

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told me to go in, mess the place up, and make it look like

words painted a vivid-and

upstairs. As a total neat freak, the idea

as I

mumbled, head hanging low. "The jewelry... I just saw it lying there

guy who sent you? You

man shook his head. "We only talked over

give me the

was a

scoffed silently. Of

he paid you upfront. Show me the

was cash," he stammered. "He left the money at a spot and told me where to pick

Hah.

it out. Cash payments and burner phones left no trail. Even if the police caught

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