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This Family Has Me
“I’ll go and see who’s at the door! Miss Queenie, please sit down and rest.” After saying that, Courtney hurried to
the door.
It didn’t take long for her to guide a man carrying a large box into the house. Queenie stood up in astonishment.
“Mr. Reeves!”
“Miss Silverstein, is Mr. Manson here?” Ashley asked.
“Yes. He’s resting upstairs. Did he ask you to come?”
“That’s right. Mr. Manson asked me to deliver a box of things to him. In that case, I’ll be going upstairs first!” After
saying that, he changed into a pair of indoor flip-flops and immediately headed upstairs.
“It’s the room on the left on the third floor,” she responded.
Ashley responded affirmatively. After arriving on the third floor, he knocked on the door to the left. The door
opened, and Nigel stepped out from the room. He glanced at the box in Ashley’s hands, but the outer packaging
made it difficult for anybody to see what was contained inside the box. Nevertheless, he reached out to take the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbox from Ashley and said, “Alright, you may return now!”
Queenie was stunned. Just what did Nigel ask Ashley to deliver? It’s such a large box, but I can’t see what’s inside
from the outer packaging alone.
At this moment, the sound of a car engine came from the yard. Both Queenie and Courtney walked over and
looked outside at the same time. They were greeted by the sight of Brandon driving in the driver’s seat and Maggie
sitting in the passenger’s seat. Both of them seemed to be rather furious about something.
“Dad, Mom, what’s wrong? Is Leslie not coming?” Queenies asked curiously.
Maggie angrily snapped, “Don’t even mention it! We have completely severed all ties with the Paynes. They’ve gone
too far! We only wanted Leslie to come over and testify for us, but the Paynes refused to let him come.”
At this moment, somebody else rang the doorbell again. Courtney trembled at the sound. When she saw the police
car outside, she anxiously clutched at Queenie. “Miss Queenie, the police are here.”
“Don’t worry! I’m here for you.”
The two elders of the Silverstein Family did not believe that Courtney would do such a thing either, but their second
daughter’s well-founded suspicion left them wondering who to trust. As Bonnie refused to sweep this matter under
the rug, they had to figure out the situation. Therefore, they were left with no choice but to let Courtney be
questioned by the police.
“Dad, we don’t need to involve the police in this matter. Please go outside and greet them, but tell them that we
found the jewelry. So, there’s no need to trouble them any further,” Queenie said to her father.
Brandon was taken aback. “Have you found the jewelry?”
“Perhaps I accidentally misplaced them somewhere. In any case, this is a minor incident that should stay within the
family. We should not involve the police in this matter.” She continued to persuade her father.
“Go on, honey. We can solve this matter behind closed doors. After all, Bonnie was the one who called the police
without our consent,” Maggie added. She did not wish for the police to be involved in this matter either.
Afterward, Brandon went to greet the police and Courtney breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Bonnie’s figure appeared at the doorway. She had seen the police car from the third floor and
naturally wanted to invite the police into the house so that they could investigate the case immediately.
“Mom, why didn’t you invite the police inside?” she asked in confusion.
“Bonnie, there’s no need to take up the police’s time with this trivial matter. Let’s sit down and have a proper
discussion among ourselves to see where the jewelry could have gone.”
“But it’s gone! Didn’t we search the house?” She immediately lost her temper. “Mom, do you not trust me?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“It’s not that, Bonnie. I do trust you, but I also believe that Courtney would never do something like this. I’m sure
the jewelry must have accidentally fallen into a hidden corner somewhere,” Maggie comforted Bonnie.
“That’s impossible! It’s gone! It was taken by somebody!” Bonnie gritted her teeth in frustration.
At this moment, a figure stood beside the railing of the third floor. Thanks to the vast and empty hallway, Nigel
heard their conversation clearly.
He returned to Queenie’s room, took four boxes, and went downstairs.
“Miss Bonnie, do you have any evidence? Do you have a video of me taking the jewelry? Did you witness me taking
the jewelry with your own eyes? If not, please do not falsely accuse me again!”
“How did I falsely accuse you? I know you took the jewelry! Your family is so poor. How can you remain indifferent
to the jewelry? I’m sure you saw the four boxes of jewelry and thought that Queenie wouldn’t notice even if you
secretly took one of the four boxes of jewelry! Well, too bad for you! This family has me to protect them!” Bonnie
sneered.
Her tone of voice was extremely confident, almost as though she had caught Courtney red-handed in the act.
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