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CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE

Penulis: Olivia GW
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-15 13:48:03

Lucy’s POV

After leaving Tom, I immediately went to the police station. It was the only thing left to do outside of crashing out and having a complete meltdown.

“Hi! I liked to file a police report for stolen property.” I said as soon as I arrived. The woman at the front desk nodded and took down my information.

When I told her that it was a watch, she looked at me like I was crazy, until I put on the waterworks, and told her how much that watch meant to me and my family. She took me a little more seriously then.

They took my information and promised to keep me apprised.

I left that police station feeling defeated. What was I going to do now?

There was no way I’d tell mom that I’d lost the watch or even that it was stolen. Adding this stress on her wouldn’t make the situation any better for me nor her.

A day had come and gone without any news, and it was killing me to keep a reassured and optimistic view in front of mom whenever I was around her.

“Mom, I have to run out for a min
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