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."

to no good. I lowered the phone slightly. "Tell me the truth, and maybe I'll let you off

a flicker of defiance in his eyes, but I cut

I meant business and finally relented. "It was some guy named

hadn't asked, but he continued. "I don't know his full name. He paid me some cash up

to do in my house?"

make a mess," the

down made me wince. Ever since I was a kid, I couldn't stand

I

these because they looked valuable. Didn't

look like? You must have

"We talked over

number for

of those burner numbers," he said, and I couldn't help but

be a

it in a spot for

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