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.

parents ever watch him?" Gina fumed. "This is unacceptable. They need to come out and

the manager assured her. "We'll

called the

the house was away on a business trip and had no idea what

weren't

guy, anxious to get back to work, waved it

He started limping away.

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

pulled out her phone. "Show me your

head. "No, no, it's not

replied with 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 me. Let me send you something for your trouble-think of it as a little help for medical expenses. It'll make me feel better,

guy looked embarrassed

sum. Two hundred," she insisted.

in and pulled up

instead of two hundred, she

in disbelief. "This is way too much..." "Keep it," Briony

two thousand was a small price for the

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