Chapter 197

The delivery guy sat on the floor for quite a while before he finally managed to get back on his feet.

He was clearly bruised from the fall, but thankfully, he'd bundled up in enough layers that he seemed mostly okay.

Briony quickly called the building management.

The hallway had security cameras.

A property manager soon arrived with a cleaner in tow. Once the sudsy mess on the floor was scrubbed away, the manager led Briony, Gina, and the unfortunate delivery guy to the security office.

Inside the surveillance room, a staff member spoke up.

"Found it." He paused the footage and turned the monitor toward them.

The video showed that just before seven that morning, the little boy from the apartment across the hall had been playing with bubble solution in the corridor.

The kid looked to be about five or six years old.

He raced up and down the hallway, sloshing soapy water everywhere. The most infuriating part? There were a few moments where he quite deliberately poured bubbles right in front of Briony's door.

ever watch him?" Gina fumed. "This is unacceptable. They need

assured her. "We'll get in

called

the man of the house was away on a business trip and had no idea what was going on. He hung

they weren't taking

get back to work, waved it off. "Forget it.

He started limping away.

he still looked, called after him. "Wait a second." He paused, glancing back at

her phone.

it's not your fault! You didn't spill the soap. It's

a gentle smile, "but if you hadn't slipped, I might have been the one to fall. In a way, you took the hit for

guy looked embarrassed and

sum. Two hundred," she insisted.

he gave in and pulled up his payment

the code-but instead of two hundred,

delivery guy stared at his phone in disbelief. "This is way too much..." "Keep it," Briony said, tucking her

mind, two thousand was a small price for the safety of the twins she

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