The surveillance video Joyce Lawson produced was a complete shock to everyone present.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton’s hearts skipped a beat. ’How can there be a security cara here?!’
Before putting their plan into action, they had ticulously searched both floors to ensure there were no caras along the entire evidence-planting route.
Why did apartnt 1601 have a surveillance video? And how did it happen to capture the exact mont they showed up at the door?
Realizing they were exposed, Mrs. Sutton flew into a rage out of humiliation, pointing at Joyce Lawson and stamring, "You—how could you film us in secret!"
Mr. Sutton, even more flustered, blurted out, "You did this on purpose! You must be in cahoots with the thief!"
Joyce Lawson was not happy to hear this. She retorted to Mr. and Mrs. Sutton with displeasure, "I didn’t film anyone in secret! This is my own doorbell cara!"
With that, Joyce Lawson reached up and gently adjusted the custom Pikachu naplate on her front door. There was a small chanism on it, and with a light flip, she pointed to the adorable Pikachu naplate and said to Officer Tristan Tanner, "Officer, I work at a hospital and often have night shifts. I was worried about being followed ho at night, so I installed a hidden cara in my naplate."
"I heard you all arguing in the hallway just now. I got the gist of what was happening, so I quickly checked my cara footage to see if it caught any key evidence. That’s when I found that video clip!"
Due to its angle, Joyce Lawson’s cara didn’t capture the hallway or the elevator entrance, but it did capture what happened right in front of apartnt 1602, recording the mont Mr. and Mrs. Sutton ca seeking a partnership!
With a sincere expression, Joyce Lawson said to Officer Tanner, "Officer, Sumrs and I were college classmates. Sumrs is a really, really good person. I’m sure she would never do anything wrong. I hope you’ll investigate this thoroughly and not let anyone fra her!"
Hearing this, lody Sumrs couldn’t help but smile.
But when Maisie Lynch heard the words "college classmates," she seed to flinch as if struck and lowered her head in sha.
Officer Tanner nodded at Joyce Lawson and replied with a smile, "Don’t you worry. We police will certainly investigate thoroughly. We won’t wrongly accuse any good person!"
Seeing his chance, Ivan Warren scurried over to Joyce Lawson. With a slightly fawning smile, he said, "You and lody Sumrs are college classmates? What a coincidence! That ans we were classmates too! My dear classmate, you must know I’m a good person too, right?"
Then Ivan Warren turned back to Officer Tanner, his face pleading. "Officer, I’m a good person too. This really has nothing to do with ! You saw the video. This was a deal between Maisie Lynch and that couple. I was kept in the dark the whole ti!"
Staring at Ivan Warren, the smile on Joyce Lawson’s face vanished instantly.
She pursed her lips and said to Officer Tanner, "Officer, I don’t know this ’classmate.’ I hope you’ll investigate him thoroughly as well and not let a single bad guy get away."
Hearing Joyce Lawson say this, Ivan Warren grew anxious and tried to say more, but Officer Tanner cut him off with a wave of his hand. "Alright, that’s enough nonsense. Save it for the ergency managent office!"
With that, Officer Tanner led Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, Maisie Lynch, and Ivan Warren away.
After watching them leave, lody Sumrs smiled and thanked Joyce Lawson. "Mona, thank you for stepping up to provide evidence, and thank you for speaking up for . I really owe you one this ti!"
Joyce Lawson quickly waved her hands. "Sumrs, don’t be so formal with . It’s what I should have done! I was listening at the door just now, and those people are truly despicable! It’s a good thing my cara caught them, or they probably would never have admitted to it!"
lody Sumrs thought for a mont and then reminded her, "You’re right, both of those families are very devious. Mona, by helping today, you might have made them hold a grudge against you. Be careful next ti you see them, and stay far away!"
Joyce Lawson nodded. "Don’t worry, Sumrs. I have a big family. I’ll be fine! They wouldn’t dare co knocking on my door!"
Hearing this, lody Sumrs finally felt relieved.
「 *** 」
After lody Sumrs left, Joyce Lawson gently closed the door and let out a sigh of relief.
She was very happy that she could help lody Sumrs this ti.
After all, lody had helped her many tis back in college.
Back then, lody knew that Joyce’s family refused to pay for her tuition and living expenses, so she kindly recomnded several part-ti jobs to her.
Part-ti job listings for university students were always a mixed bag. Everyone knew that students were often naive and inexperienced, so many job postings were scams designed to exploit them, and Joyce had been tricked many tis. But the jobs lody recomnded to her were always the highest-paying and most reliable ones!
lody always had a knack for imdiately telling whether a job was legitimate or not, and she could find reliable listings in the most obscure corners.
In Joyce’s heart at the ti, lody was the goddess of part-ti jobs on campus!
Furthermore, ever since she started school, many of her classmates would make fun of Joyce Lawson’s na. They would tease her, asking if her family ever got the younger brother her na was hoping for.
Perhaps the teasing was harmless, but Joyce couldn’t stand it. She had never told anyone, but deep down, she hated her own na.
But lody never called her Joyce.
lody seed to be deliberately avoiding that part of her na, only ever calling her ’Mona.’ This kindness always made Joyce feel incredibly warm.
Joyce believed that soone as good as lody would absolutely never do anything wrong!
Just then, a voice from behind her broke through her reminiscence.
"Joyce, where’s the charger? What’s taking you so long? Your brother is about to get angry!"
Joyce turned around to see her grandmother’s face etched with displeasure.
The temperature was too low now, so to save on electricity, Joyce’s whole family was huddled together in one bedroom, warming themselves under blankets with an electric heater.
Her younger brother, Gregory Lawson, had accidentally left the charger in the living room. Since no one else was willing to get out from under the warm covers, Joyce had to be the one to get up and find it for him.
But as soon as she’d gotten to the living room, she heard the argunt outside. She had been busy checking the surveillance footage ever since and had completely forgotten about the charger.
Joyce gave her grandmother an apologetic smile. "Grandma, sothing ca up and I got delayed. I’ll get it for him right now."
With that, Joyce rummaged around the living room and finally found the charger, which had fallen underneath the coffee table.
She took the charger back to the room and handed it to Gregory Lawson.
Gregory was completely absorbed in his ga, cursing nonstop, "Motherfucker, defend the tower! Go defend the tower! Motherfucker!"
When he saw Joyce arrive with the charger, Gregory snapped irritably, "What took you so long? My phone was about to die! If you make lose my MVP, I’ll beat you, you money-losing baggage!"
Hearing this, Joyce said angrily, "Gregory Lawson, I’m your sister! Don’t you dare use those three words to !"
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