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

It’s Miss Edwards today, but who knows who’ll be next? Can you shoulder that

property manager hurriedly tried to appease the angry crowd, asserting, “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you, we’ll take

commotion continued, Ariana’s

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

and said firmly, “I’ve been here all along keeping an eye out for anything. During this whole time, you were the only one who came in and

her heart was completely extinguished. She lowered her head and managed to utter a feeble thank you. A self-deprecating smile tugged at the corners of her

walked out of the building in

leave, a sense of

his work earlier in the morning, so he hadn’t seen anything. But when Ariana asked him about it, the manager had been standing right next to him, so

night, Holden was spending time with Adele in

he observed his daughter, Holden couldn’t help but think of Melon, and then his thoughts wandered to the images

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