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."

was so scared of the police, maybe he shouldn't have been up to no good.

his eyes, but I cut him off. "You shake

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

paid me

exactly did he want you to

make a mess," the man admitted. I could

my neat home turned upside down made me wince. Ever since

it?" I

nodded, "I grabbed these because they looked valuable. Didn't want to leave

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

head. "We talked over

a number

one of those burner numbers," he said, and I

must be a

cash. He left it in a

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