"In the top right corner of my bed curtain, there's a micro-camera," Caitlin said calmly. "Although its view is limited to my own bed, since the necklace was found there, I believe how it got there was captured very clearly."

Caitlin was not one to be caught unprepared. She had known from the start that Charis was malicious. It was always wise to guard against petty people.

Just in case, she had installed a tiny camera on her bed curtain on her second day of school. It was a way to protect herself without invading the privacy of her other roommates. She just hadn't expected to actually need it.

At Caitlin's words, Charis's expression flickered.

What? A camera? Caitlin actually had a camera on her bed?

Charis had only considered that cameras weren't allowed inside the dorm room itself, so no one could prove she was the one who planted the necklace. It had never occurred to her that Caitlin would be bored enough to install a camera to monitor herself.

What now? What should she do?

Charis felt her legs tremble. That necklace was worth two hundred thousand dollars. If Caitlin really had a recording, she was finished. With the power of the Gonzales and Richards families, she was doomed.

But she forced herself to stay calm. "It had to be a lie. It had to be. Caitlin was just bluffing. She had no evidence to clear her name, so she was trying to make me panic and confess. Ridiculous. Did she think she could scare me so easily? I wouldn't fall for it."

With that thought, Charis's nerves settled.

"A camera, you say? Well, that's even better!" Charis challenged. "If you have the guts, go get the footage right now. I'd love to see who really 'stole' the necklace and put it on your bed!"

"No need to go to that trouble,"

Caitlin replied, pulling her phone

from her pocket. "These camer

are all connected to the internet. I can pull it up right here."

With that, Caitlin handed her phone to the policewoman. "Here you go. This is the feed from the micro-camera on my curtain."

The officer took the phone and smiled slightly. "Well, a camera certainly simplifies things."

She looked at Charis. "When did you notice your necklace was missing?"

Charis was extremely nervous, but she couldn't let it show. "I realized it was gone this morning when I wa getting ready to go out. I saw it in. my jewelry box yesterday afternoon, so I think it must have been taken after I left the room last night." Cóntent

"What time did you leave?" the officer asked.

"Five-thirty."

The policewoman nodded. "Alright, let's start checking the footage from four o'clock yesterday evening."

The app allowed for fast-forwarding, so she set it to ten times the normal speed.

Caitlin, Norris, Elsa, and Gertrude gathered around the officer, watching the screen intently.

Charis stood opposite them, her

eyes narrowed. She refused to

believe it. Caitlin couldn't possibly

have a camera

this wa

on her bed.

wouldn't be

Tjust a ploy. She

fooled.

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Time ticked by. Half an hour passed. Seeing no reaction from the police, Charis

grew more confident. There was no camera. It was all a lie.