Seeing everyone on my side, no one mentioning the previous accusations, a look of resentment and malice flashed in Mark and Stella’s eyes.
Stella, feigning sympathy, said, “It’s wonderful that no one was actually killed. This is truly something to celebrate.”
“But before you catch up with your old friend, Melody, don’t you think you should clear up the other matters
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and pay the business owners what you owe them?”
At her words, the business owners, who had been trying to get a word in, looked at her gratefully.
The mall manager stepped forward. “That’s right! Ms. Reid, if you’re such a good person, you shouldn’t have walked out with a designer bag from our store and damaged public property! Settle your bill!”
The restaurant owner nodded. “Ms. Reid, my restaurant just opened. It’s not easy for me. Please, just pay the bill. Over a thousand dollars is several days‘ worth of revenue for me!”
With their lead, the crowd’s mood shifted again, and they started criticizing me.
“Ma’am, you can’t just be nice to your own people! If you’re so good to your friends, can’t you show a little sympathy and empathy for others?”
“Even if you didn’t kill anyone, you still dined and dashed and shoplifted! The security footage is irrefutable!”
The livestream chat heated up again, with everyone saying that one thing was one thing, and I had to take responsibility for my other actions.
Faced with the agitated crowd, I just smiled calmly. “Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me for a mom-
ent!”
“I am really not the person who committed those crimes a few days ago, because I was in a holding cell the entire time! For three days, even when I went to the bathroom, I was under surveillance! There was absolute- ly no possibility of escape!”
Hearing this, Officer Davis finally dismissed Mark’s earlier claims. Even if I had snuck out, there were still plenty of other cameras in the station.
“That’s true.”
