Chapter 782

With a grunt of pain, the man collapsed onto the floor.

I held my baseball bat steady against him and took a good look at his face. He was a stranger.

"Who sent you? How did you get into my house?" I demanded directly.

The man shook his head, clearly not planning to spill the beans. I didn't waste time with threats. Instead, I pulled out my phone. "Fine, you can explain it to the police then."

"Please, don't call them," he pleaded, visibly shaken. "I was just trying to swipe a few things. I'll give them back, okay?"

He fumbled into his pocket, and I quickly warned, "Easy now." I half expected him to pull a weapon, but instead, out came my jewelry.

"This is all I took, I swear," he said earnestly, trying to convince me. Just a petty thief, huh? I wasn't buying it. He probably just grabbed these on the way out.

I didn't say another word, just started dialing the number. Seeing this, he panicked. “Ma'am, please, don't call the cops. If they get involved, I'm done for."

shouldn't have been up to no good. I lowered the phone slightly. "Tell me the

defiance in his eyes, but I cut him off.

clearly displayed 911. He saw I meant business and finally relented.

paid me some cash

did he want you to do in my

Just told me to rummage around and make a mess," the

my neat home turned upside down made me wince.

I

they looked valuable. Didn't want

does this Dustin look like? You must have seen him,"

head. "We talked over

number

was one of those burner numbers," he said, and I couldn't

mentioned money. There must be a record of

all cash. He left it in

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