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,"

number and called it on the spot. They even put the phone on

call went through quickly, though the person who answered had a

as one of them asked,

ham of affirmation.

himself and said 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 investigation. If

you, I'm not," the cop bit out coldly.

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

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

time, it was Nadine who spoke on the other line. "Hello, I was informed that you called regarding a

her mouth shut, though her eyes burned with rage heard the cop say to Nadine, "We will discuss this when you show up

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

snort, she

at Nadine's shameless comment. "We've

crime, and she isn't even breaking a

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

was about to face.

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