Mrs Angelo is having a sleepless night because she can't imagine who keeps stealing her jewelry and money from the house each time she comes back from her business trip.
Mrs Angelo turned and tossed on her bed. She lost sleep for that night cause a customized necklace ordered by a customer had gone missing from her goods.
This is the third time that such a thing has happened to her; she got up from her bed, walked down to the living room, and sat down.
Could it be that someone from my within or outside is stealing from me, she pondered aloud?
She decided that she would ask her nanny and children in the morning. With that, she stood up and went straight to bed.
She was woken by the beautiful rays of sunlight emitting from her window. She could hear the voices of her kids and Nanny, especially that of Jimmy running around. She stretched and turned to look at the time; it was 11 a.m. morning.
She called out to her nanny. Cynthia! Cynthia!! Cynthia!!! She shouted.
"Yes, ma answered Cynthia from the kitchen.
Cynthia ran into the room to answer Mrs Angelo.
Cynthia, please call the children and everybody in the house to meet me in the living room right now, said Mrs Angelo.
Mercy, Jayden, Jimmy, the gateman, and her brother Liam were called into the living room. Everybody was standing at attention cause whatever made her call them to the living room was serious. Mrs Angelo was sitting in the living room, legs crossed with a deep frown on her face.
She didn't waste time to go straight to the point
My jewels and some money are missing from my room, and I want to ask if any of you picked them up or took them. Please let me have it now.
They all kept quiet, and she looked from her children to her nanny and gateman and her brother; they all said that they hadn't seen it.
Mrs. Angelo was furious; she yelled "So am living with thieves now that nobody has seen or knows the whereabouts of my jewelry and money".
Mom, you know I don't touch what you didn't permit me said Jayden in a low tone because he could see that the mom was angry.
Mom, I have never gone into your room when you are not around before except when you ask me to get something there for you. You can ask Miss Cynthiasaid Mercy, almost tearing up.
Madam, I have never been to you to your bedroom, wetin I go come the find there says the gate man sturring
Madam, I don serve for long here, why I go come the thief you, no be me cried, Cynthia
Sister, are you sure you checked well? Maybe you have misplaced it, says Liam.
Mrs Angelo was confused, frustrated, and didn't know what to do but decided to let it go. Thinking that, it will be the last. Little did she
know that the mysterious burglaries will continue in her house.
Mrs Angelo decided to take matters into her own hands. She installed a hidden camera in her living room, bedrooms, and kitchen to catch the thief. She sent everybody out, that's why nobody knew that she installed a camera
The camera blended seamlessly into the decor, and Mrs Angelo waited anxiously for the culprit to strike again. As she had just returned from her trip for the seventh time.
Days passed, and Mrs Angelo began to doubt her decision. Maybe she was just being paranoid or maybe she is the one miscalculating.
But then, one fateful night, the camera captured something.
In the morning, barely 7 days after the camera was installed.
Mrs. Angelo reviewed the footage in the morning because she heard a sound late in the night while she was sleeping, her heart racing as she reviewed it, not knowing what she would find.
A figure dressed in black crept into her living room and then later into her room that night while she was sleeping.
She makes up her mind to stay awake this time to catch the thief as she has moved the jewelry somewhere else. She stayed in her study room looking at the CCTV, when suddenly she saw someone creep into her living room again wearing a black hoodie.
The thief rummaged through her belongings, unaware of the watching eyes.
Mrs Angelo called the police, and they arrived just in time to catch the thief.
But as they took the suspect away, Mrs Angelo noticed something odd.
The thief seemed... familiar.
As she reviewed the footage again, Mrs Angelo realized the truth.
The thief was her brother, Liam
Mrs Angelo's world shattered. Why would Liam, her trusted sibling, steal from her?
As she confronted Liam, he broke down.
"I'm in debt, Angelo. I didn't know what else to do."
Mrs Angelo was angry, so stealing from me was the best, you could do?.
Whatever happened to asking me for help.
Liam kept begging her sister to forgive him and narrated how he got into debt.
After listening to her brother, Mrs Angelo's anger turned to empathy. She helped Liam seek help and rebuild his life.
The camera meant to catch a stranger, revealed a deeper family secret.
Mrs Angelo learned that sometimes, the greatest threats come from within.
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