Chapter 103: Tonet's Fears

Earlier that day.

"You deny it, yet there is proof!" Beatrice was fuming as she showed Mara the receipts of the pawned items found in their apartment. "These are two Rolex watches, matching the same description as Brian's! You stole them and pawned them! Where are the rest?"

"I don't know what you are talking about," Mara responded. "Those Rolex watches were gifts from my other friends, and we pawned them. They don't belong to Brian!"

Mara was on her knees, being cuffed by the police in the living room of their flat. Her rights were already read when Beatrice came at her after finding the receipts for the pawned watches.

"Beatrice, just because we are poor, you can accuse us of being thieves," Claire's sister, Carrie, said while crying in one corner.

"Police officer, I'm being set up. I am not part of the lending ring as you accused me," Mara pleaded. "This woman, Beatrice Martin, is setting me up just because she borrowed money from the loan sharks and did not want to pay!"

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