Chapter 34
Chapter 34:
“Thank you, officer p>
Annabel then turned sharply to the waiter and asked, “You have some explaining to do, don’t you p>
Beads of sweat appeared on the waiter’s forehead. He fiddled with his fingers and looked at Heather for help.
Heather shot him a murderous glare, gritting her teeth.
The waiter shivered and sank to his knees before Annabel.
“I’m sorry. I stole the ring,” he uttered with tears in his eyes.
“Oh, really?” Annabel’s sarcastic tone made it clear she didn’t believe him at all. There was no way a mere waiter like him could have gotten close enough to Heather to steal the ring without her noticing.
Besides, he didn’t seem like someone capable of coming up with such a perfect scheme.
“I’m sorry. I stole the ring because I was blinded by greed. Please forgive me. Such a thing won’t happen again p>
Seeing that the waiter had taken the blame for everything, Heather breathed a sigh of relief.
“Oh, my God! So, it was you who stole my ring. But how did it end up in Annabel’s purse?” Heather questioned the waiter, clearly trying to pin everything on him.
“I planned to sell the ring after getting off work,” the waiter explained nervously. “However, when you started looking for it and even asked security to search everywhere, I was afraid of being exposed. So I slipped the ring into her purse when no one was looking. Please forgive me. I didn’t mean it. My mother is seriously ill in the hospital and needs surgery. I have no money, so I was desperate and stole it p>
“Tell me, who put you up to this?” Annabel asked, frowning at him.
“No one. I did it on my own,” the waiter replied in a trembling voice, though he kept glancing at Heather in fear.
Heather worried that everything would be exposed if Annabel continued to press him. Biting her lower lip, she quickly interjected, “You know what? I don’t want to pursue the matter. I’ll let you off the hook since you did it for your mother p>
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“Thank you. I’m very sorry,” the waiter said, bowing his head as he thanked and apologized to Heather.
“You don’t want to pursue it?” Annabel asked coolly. “That wasn’t what you said when I was the one being accused of stealing your ring. Why the sudden change of heart p>
“That’s enough, everyone. Since the ring has been found and Heather has forgiven the thief, there’s no point in dragging this out any further,” Brock said, stepping in when he saw Heather was too embarrassed to respond.
Heather hurriedly waved her hand and motioned for the police to take the waiter away. She retrieved the ring, turned around, and was about to leave.
“Wait a minute p>
Annabel stepped forward and blocked Heather’s path.
This schemer thought she could walk away after causing so much trouble? Annabel was not about to let her off so easily. No one humiliated her and then left as if nothing had happened.
“What’s the matter?” Heather asked, looking at Annabel warily.
With a smirk, Annabel said, “Are you just going to leave like that? You humiliated me in front of all these people. I almost got arrested for something I didn’t do. The least you can do before you walk away is apologize to me. Go on, I’m waiting p>
“No way!” Heather’s blood was boiling.
The last thing she wanted to do was apologize to Annabel, a country bumpkin, in front of all these dignitaries. What would that make her?