“It's just $ 9, 600. I won't take advantage of you, Maria. Just compensate me for the money I lost at work, then we'll be even!"

Haley now pretended to be the victim, staring at Maria with a pitiful expression.

"I would never shirk from my responsibilities. But I would never spare anyone who tries to frame me either. Your accusation is completely baseless, and it's a lie. You don't deserve any compensation, not even a single penny.”

However, her fierce words didn't deter Haley at all.

This was because Mrs. Jenkins had promised him that he'd be fine as long as he followed her lead.

“Since you say so, don't blame me for being ruthless..."

As he spoke, Haley took out his phone and tapped on a video file. Then he held up his phone to the crowd, as though he was presenting something important.

“Maria and I used to work in the same store, but I was employed a month earlier than her. Therefore, in a way, I was her senior. Maria might know nothing about it. But it was my responsibility to monitor the store, so I installed the surveillance cameras.

So, I have everything on tape,"

Haley explained himself clearly lest anyone try to discredit the credibility of his video.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the expressions of the crowd changed. They were all wondering the same thing. Was Maria really... Was she really innocent?

Glancing at the crowd with flourish, Haley started the video.

It was shot from an inconspicuous corner of the ceiling in a small computer shop.

The video even had subtitles. It seemed that Haley wanted the Jenkins family to understand everything that was happening in the video.

“It's almost closing time.

Maria is seen packing up her things and is about to close the shop.

Here, she's picked up a high-performance display card after making sure there's no one else in the shop. The boss was sick on that day, so he didn't show up to work. I was busy checking inventory in the back."

Sure enough, in the video, Maria was holding a high-performance display card. After thinking for a while, she slipped it into her canvas bag.

Then, with her bag in tow, Maria walked out of the store.

“Maria, you actually stole something from the store? Is this true?"

Barbara blurted, acting so surprised. Then she quickly covered her mouth and feigned a look of regret at her sudden outburst.

However, she couldn't conceal the gleam in her eyes, because deep down, Barbara was overjoyed!

Finally, Maria was caught red-handed!

Bravo!