Chapter 73

Pearl apologized. "I'm 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. About ten minutes later, several police officers showed up outside the shoe section. After a brief round of questions, they went through the security footage and 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." The cops jotted down Nadine's number and called it on the spot. They even put the phone on speaker. The