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."

been up to no good. I

hesitated, a flicker of defiance in his eyes, but I cut him

relented. "It

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

did he want you to do in my house?" I

rummage around and make a mess," the man admitted. I could already picture the chaos

neat home turned upside down made me wince. Ever since I was a kid, I

it?" I raised an

nodded, "I grabbed these because they looked valuable.

this Dustin look like? You must have

his head. "We

a number

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

must be a record of the

it in a spot for

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