Chapter 18

The next morning, I took the morning off and went to the police station where I was charged with stealing.

The answer they gave me was that it was a misunderstanding and that the case was closed so the monitor was not checked.

I refused to deal with it this way. My reputation was at stake.

With my repeated request as well as the involvement of Dave yesterday, the police dared not neglect me. An officer then headed to the mall with me.

We found the manager and requested for the surveillance video from yesterday.

The manager immediately agreed only for us to find out that the monitor was broken!

The manager then said in an exaggerating tone, "Oh, why is the monitor broken? Get someone to repair it immediately."

At that moment, I understood that Lita might have known I would come back to check the surveillance video.

Of course, the monitor couldn't be repaired. The so called repairer failed to get it back on after a long 'fix'.

I didn't want to give up. After the police left, I went to