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,"

called it on the

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

did not look amused as one of them asked, "Hello,

replied after a low ham of affirmation. "Who

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

the cop bit out coldly. "Where

me your name, your badge number, and the precinct you work at. I'll need to verify your identity before

five minutes to verify my identity, after which if you fail to return my call or refuse to cooperate with our investigation, we have the right

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

about to interject when the cop raised his hand to silence her. She had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, though her eyes burned with rage heard the cop say to Nadine, "We will discuss this when you show up at the

wasn't afraid of getting punished at all. "By the way, you might want to tell the

snort, she hung

Nadine's

crime, and

police precinct without Thompson. She left Ethan by the precinct entrance and insisted on going alone, knowing the

was about to face.

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