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,"

on the spot. They even put the phone

through quickly, though the person who answered had a deep, male voice.

cops did not look amused as one of them

low ham

gravely, "We have enough evidence to believe that Ms. Sommers has committed a theft. Please have her turn herself in at the precinct to aid us with our

the cop bit out

number, and the precinct you work at. I'll need to verify your

or refuse to cooperate

cop's phone rang. This time, it was Nadine who spoke on the other line. "Hello, I was informed that you called

the cop raised his hand to silence her. She had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, though her eyes burned with

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 of getting punished at all. "By the way, you might want to tell the person who reported

a snort,

at Nadine's

and she

end, Josephine went to the police precinct without Thompson. She left Ethan by

was about to face.

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