Chapter 161 Charlotte Holmes
Chapter 161 Charlotte Holmes
Many people nodded in agreement.
Hazel sighed in relief and turned to Charlotte with embarrassment and sadness, "Ms. Lopez, I
sincerely invited you to my home, but you wrongly used me of stealing your bracelet. You will not
be wee in my home anymore in the future. Please leave immediately."
Charlotte had a good temper, but Cecilia didn''t. No one in Srnya High School had ever dared to
mess with her because of her family background and her own strength. Those spoiled rich kids
were no match for her. She smiled coldly and said, "Mrs. Cole, are you trying to force me to do
something before you open the safe?"
Hazel was so frightened that she took a step back. She was frightened by a young girl!
"I told you I didn''t steal it! There are very precious things in the safe. Why should I open it?" Hazel
replied, pretending to be unafraid.
Cecilia ignored her and turned to look at Arthur, "Kid, are you sure the bracelet is in the safe?"
Hazel immediately stared at Arthur with cold, warning eyes as if she would eat him alive if he dared
to say yes.
Arthur''s thin shoulders shrank. He was scared of his stepmother, who had been bullying him for a
long time.
Charlotte raised her hand and touched his head, "Don''t worry. I will protect you."
Arthur nced at her and nodded vigorously, "It''s in the safe. She puts everything important in the
safe!"
"Arthur!" Hazel screamed.
Cecilia pushed the fat middle-aged woman away, pulled a clip from Eloise''s hair, and squatted in
front of the safe. Maxwell suddenly jumped out and wrapped his arms around the safe tightly. He
refused to let go of it and said, "Don''t touch it! This is my thing! Don''t touch it!"
Cecilia had never liked this uneducated, wild boy. Without thinking, she picked him up and threw
him to the bed aside. Then she quickly opened the lock with the hairpin.
This safe was a very old model. It was not abination lock but a solid, small copper lock. It was
tough to break open.
Eloise gasped in shock, and her face was full of admiration, "Cecilia! You can open locks!"
Cecilia kept trying to open the lock and replied, "I learned it from a friend. His dad specializes in
opening locks."
The lock clicked when she finished her sentence, and the safe was opened.
Everyone craned their necks to look inside the safe.
Cecilia took out everything in the safe, including passbooks, bank cards, marriage certificates, birth
certificates, and jewelry. However, after the safe was emptied, no bracelet was found.
Hazel''s face was covered with tears, "Are you happy now?! I said I didn''t steal it! I will sue you when
the police arrive!"
She touched her son''s cheek and looked like a poor mother being bullied.
The neighbors were angry, "As I said, Hazel is not that kind of person! But you still insisted on
opening her safe!"
"In my opinion, this is thieves casing. First, they find out how many things are in someone''s home
so they can easily steal themter!"
"Hazel is so wronged! It''s you who should go to the police station!"
"..."
Eloise nced at Charlotte awkwardly, "Char...did we make a mistake?"
Charlotte frowned and shook her head slightly, "It''s her."
Eloise also felt that Hazel had taken the bracelet. Arthur had said confidently that the bracelet was
in the safe, but there was no bracelet inside after the safe was opened.
Hazel cried miserably, "Look! I''ve raised Arthur as my son, but it turns out that he''s so ungrateful!
He''s helping outsiders deal with her stepmother! Why is he doing this to me?"
The neighbors all used Arthur of being ungrateful.
Arthur''s face turned pale, and his lips were trembling. Charlotte looked at him worriedly and patted
him on the back, "Don''t be afraid."
Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.
Arthur raised his head and looked at Charlotte''s gentle eyes. He suddenly wasn''t afraid anymore.
Yes, what should he be afraid of? The worst-case scenario was that he would be beaten to death.
Eloise folded her arms and looked around the bedroom, "Since the bracelet is not in the safe, you
must have hidden it somewhere else!"
"You! You!" Hazel was so angry that she stuttered, "Are you going to search the whole house?"
"Don''t go too far! Get out of here!" A middle-aged woman stretched out her hand to drag Eloise,
"You liars! Get out of here!"
More enthusiastic neighbors joined her as soon as she took action, determined to drive away this
group of liars.
Cecilia frowned impatiently and was about to take action when Charlotte quickly said, "Don''t! They
are all ordinary people, and they might be injured."
She took Magnolia from Arthur''s arms and said, "Everyone, be quiet for a moment. I know where
the bracelet is hidden."
Everyone fell silent and looked at Charlotte.
Charlotte touched Magnolia''s head and said, "Go find it."
Magnolia immediately barked and ran around the room happily. Eloise said, "...Will it work?"
Charlotte said, "Of course."
Magnolia suddenly stopped, whined, and pounced directly toward Maxwell.
The boy who imed he liked dog meat was so frightened that he burst into tears and called for his
mother. Hazel panicked and quickly wanted to pick up her son, but Charlotte moved faster and lifted
a red thread from Maxwell''s neck.
Under the light, hanging on the red thread, was a crystal-green bracelet!
The whole ce was in an uproar.
Hazel''s eyes widened in horror. How did this bitch know it?
Eloise quickly took the bracelet off the red thread and said, "Look! Didn''t you say you didn''t steal it?"
The faces of Hazel''s neighbors changed drastically, and they all looked at Hazel in disbelief.
Cecilia frowned and asked Charlotte, "How do you know the bracelet is on Maxwell?"
Charlotte shook her head and said, "I didn''t know that. But when you put him on the bed just now, I
saw the red thread around his neck, and he was wearing an extra coat than before. So I guessed
the bracelet might be hung around his neck."
Eloise handed the bracelet to Charlotte and looked at her with raised eyebrows, "Well done,
Charlotte Holmes."
Hazel was a wise woman, after all. When she saw it was exposed, she immediately dragged her
son over and pped her, "Maxwell! How could you steal things?"
Eloise, Cecilia, and Charlotte were all shocked.
Damn it! What was she doing?
She would be legally held responsible if Hazel had stolen the bracelet, which cost tens of millions.
But if she med it on Maxwell, a four or five-year-old boy, and imed he had stolen the bracelet
for fun... what could the police do to him?