As the situation unfolded, a growing crowd of curious onlookers, comprised mainly of community residents, began to gather. Ariana’s anxiety swelled, and she didn’t mince words. She confronted the property manager directly, her voice laced with urgency.

“What’s the meaning of pressing issues? Valuables have vanished from my house! If you continue obstructing access to the surveillance footage, I’ll be left with no recourse but to summon the authorities and let them take it from here.”

Then, she feigned dialing the police.

Quickly, the property manager interceded, “Wait, hold on. It’s not that we’re barring you from the surveillance footage. The stark truth is that our community’s surveillance system has been on the fritz for years, rendering it inaccessible.”

This revelation drew a chorus of criticism from the onlookers.

“What?

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you let the surveillance system languish for years? What have you been doing with

today,

manager hurriedly tried to appease the angry crowd, asserting, “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you, we’ll take immediate steps to rectify the camera system.

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and clung to a sliver of hope. She inquired tentatively, “Pardon me, but before my unfortunate incident, did you happen to spot a tall

on his expression and said firmly, “I’ve been here all along keeping an eye out for anything. During this whole time,

a feeble thank you. A self-deprecating smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. She realized that she had let her longing

turned around and walked out of

sense of guilt crept over

anything. But when Ariana asked him about it, the manager had been standing right next to

that night, Holden was spending

observed his daughter, Holden couldn’t help but think of Melon,

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