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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system languish for years? What have you been doing with

a valid point. What about our safety? It’s Miss Edwards today, but who knows who’ll

to appease the angry crowd, asserting, “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you, we’ll take immediate steps

continued,

“Pardon me, but before my unfortunate incident, did you happen to spot

been here all along keeping an eye out for anything. During this whole time, you

the spark of hope that Ariana had been holding in 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 mouth. She realized that she

and walked out of the building in

sense of guilt crept over the security

short break from his work earlier in the morning, so he hadn’t seen anything. But when Ariana asked him about it, the manager

spending time with Adele in the

at picture books. As he observed his daughter, Holden couldn’t help

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