243: Chapter 243

Chapter 243

"W—Wait, this is unfair!" Mary yelled. She took a step back as she wanted to avoid the handcuff. "K—Kate told me to sell everything! I'm just doing what she wants me to do!"0

"You keep changing your alibi. You said everything is yours, then it's Hilda who told you to sell these, and now it's Kate's order? It would be best to keep a linear alibi in the police station later," Bernard said while unlocking the handcuff. 

Mary was so scared. She was an old woman with a clean record. She had a few offenses, but never enough to warrant her arrest. 

If she got arrested and jailed, what would the neighbors say about her?! They would be gossiping about the old lady who was a thief! 

Bernard was about to grab her hand, and she pulled it immediately. She then turned around and ran as fast as she could.

Unfortunately, she was old and somewhat overweight, making it hard for her to run. Bernard clicked his tongue in annoyance and grabbed her by her arm. Though he was annoyed by this old woman, just like the rest of the community, he still had to use less force because she was an old lady.

He quickly handcuffed her hands and pulled her by her arm to sit on the Italian Made sofa she was about to sell. 

"AHHH! WAIT! THIS IS UNFAIR! YOU CAN'T ARREST ME LIKE THIS!" Mary yelled as she struggled to break free. She didn't care if her wrists would be bruised because of the friction with the steel handcuff. Her mind was now preoccupied with the idea of escaping jail time!!

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO, OR I WILL SCREAM HARDER!" Mary threatened, but Bernard ignored her. 

"Stay right here, Mary. The more you try to fight me, the harder it will be for you once we bring you to my turf," Bernard warned. 

Mary calmed down after getting threatened, but her eyes were still rage-filled. She was so angry at this whole thing because she felt that Kate had trapped her. 

After ensuring that Mary wouldn't struggle, he darted his eyes back at Hilda's house and saw two young men lifting a Grand Piano together. It looked so heavy that their faces got very red, and veins popped out of their temples. 

"HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!" Bernard yelled.

Harry and Mark jolted at the same time. They saw a burly police officer rushing towards them. 

They panicked and ran to their car as quickly as they could. 

Mary saw Harry and his friend running away from the officer and yelled, "HARRY! SAVE ME! TAKE ME AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL!"

Harry looked at Mary for a moment. She was also desperate and was on the verge of tears. But Harry didn't care about that. 

He already guessed that Mary must've broken into Hilda's house to steal all of these, but he thought as long as nobody knew about this, then they would be safe.

However, since the cop was involved today, he didn't want to go to jail because he got arrested once for drug possession. 

He probably had to serve real jail time if he got arrested for the second time. 

"Harry? HARRY!" Mary shouted when she realized that Harry would leave without her.

Harry said nothing. He quickly turned on the car engine and pressed the gas pedal before Officer Bernard could reach him. 

"Ah, damn it!" Bernard cursed when he saw the car drift before he could catch them. 

But he wasn't worried, it shouldn't be hard for him to locate those two, because he had the girlfriend tied up.

Bernard turned around and sighed at Mary. He put his hand on his hips and said, "Well, it's only you and I now, Mary. Why don't we talk at the police station? I'm sure that you have a lot to say."

Mary said nothing to Officer Bernard.

She was too shocked to see Harry, who didn't even say anything to her. 

He just ran away with his friend, leaving her alone to deal with this mess.

It was like a huge wake-up slap for her because she at least expected Harry to help her in a dire time. 

"Wait, why are you making that sad face?" Bernard asked. "Surely, you don't think that guy will fall in love with you, right? No offense, Mary, but I saw that guy in the local Sunday market with his girlfriend. She was around his age, and they looked fine together."

Mary bit her lower lip. She lowered her head and muttered, "Just bring me now, Officer. No need to rub the salt on my wound."

"Heh, I don't understand you and your infatuation, but alright," Bernard helped Mary stand up, then slowly escorted her to the police car that had just arrived after chasing the woman who bought the vase.

The colleague exited the car to help Officer Bernard, "The woman is coming with us to the police station. But those two men who worked with her are nowhere to be found. They are too fast."

"Don't worry about that one," Bernard said. He stared at Mary, who was still in shock. "I'm sure Mary here will help us find those two men. After all, she doesn't want to end up in jail alone, right?"

Mary said nothing, nor did she make a gesture that showed she agreed with Bernard's remark.

But Bernard knew it shouldn't be hard to pressure her. After all, the rumor of Mary getting heads over heels for a young man had been circulating for a few months, and it seemed to be true. 

Officer Bernard smiled and told his colleague, "You should stay here, Officer Mckinney. Call for support because we need another officer to watch over this area. Each of these pieces of furniture is expensive. Some people might steal them while we are away."

"Got it," Officer Mckinney nodded. She looked around the area and commented, "Maybe you should call for Mrs. Katherine Woods later. Her house definitely needs some security measures, maybe CCTV or something."

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