Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

Pearl apologized. "I'm so

sorry I let this happen. I should have kept an eye on the shoes until the courier service picked them up."

Josephine shook her head slowly and flashed Pearl a tight smile. "This isn't your fault. It's not like we expected Nadine to pull a stunt like this. I didn't even see it coming

She took the glass of water nonetheless. She needed the warm water to purge the chill from her bones and stop her shaking e and

About tenmimites later, several police officers showed up outside the shoe section. After a brief round of questions, they went through the security footage found that there was enough evidence to spare them from investigating the matter.

Now that they had legitimate reasons to make an arrest, the cops turned to Josephine and asked, "Do you know where the suspect is?"

Josephine frowned. "I can only give you her number. I don't know anything else,"

down Nadine's number and called it on the spot. They

through quickly, though the person who answered had a deep,

of them asked,

a low ham of

that Ms. Sommers has committed a theft. Please have her turn herself in at the precinct to aid us with our investigation. If not, we will be forced

the cop bit out

moment before he replied, "Tell me your name, your badge number, and the precinct you work at. I'll need to

my identity, after which if you fail to return my call or refuse to cooperate with our investigation,

rang. This time, it was Nadine who spoke on the other line. "Hello, I

but to keep her mouth shut, though her eyes burned with rage heard the

I'll be night there," Nadine said. She was oddly calm for someone who had just been confronted by the police. It was as if she wasn't afraid

a snort,

Nadine's shameless comment. "We've

evidence of her crime, and she

left Ethan

was about to face.

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