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 been doing with the hefty property fees

about our safety? It’s Miss Edwards today, but who knows who’ll be next? Can you

angry crowd, asserting, “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you,

the commotion continued,

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, you were the only one who came in and

thank you. A self-deprecating smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. She realized that she had let her longing and imagination get the best of her,

around and walked out of the

a sense of guilt crept over the security

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

night, Holden was spending time with Adele in the

girl sat on the bed, engrossed in looking at picture books. As he observed his daughter, Holden couldn’t help but think of Melon, and then his thoughts wandered to

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