Coolest Girl in Town

Upon hearing Riley’s words, Samantha pursed her lips. “I don’t think Elise did it. Still, Elise, as the watch is in your bag, you’ll have to give me an explanation for this.”

“She didn’t take it.” Zachary emerged from among the crowd to defend Elise. His expression was grave as he looked at the classmates around him. “If she really took it, then she must have been a fool. She would be telling everyone that she was the thief by storing the watch in her bag.”

The crowd fell silent as no one spoke up.

After a long while, a classmate finally asked in a meek voice, “If she didn’t take it, then who did?”

“Yeah! If she wants to prove her innocence, she should find the real culprit! We can’t tolerate such behavior in our class!”

The corners of Zachary’s lips curled into a confident smile. “Actually, it’s effortless if we want to catch the culprit; we just have to report it to the police! The investigation techniques are extremely advanced nowadays, right? Anyone who touched this watch before would leave their fingerprints. Since everyone has unique fingerprints and our

class isn’t huge, we can just let the police compare our fingerprints and find out who stole the watch.”

Upon seeing that Zachary had a point, Samantha took out her phone right away. “Then, I’ll call the police now. No matter who it is, I’ll find the culprit before the day ends!”

He gestured for her to go ahead, so she dialed the number.

The other classmates waited patiently in the classroom while Elise stood in silence. She had never met with such a situation before, so she was a little flustered. Not to mention, it wasn’t a pleasant feeling to be accused of something she didn’t do.

Zachary looked at her and seemed to have summoned enough courage to pat her on the shoulder. He then gave her a look of assurance.

She understood that he meant well, so she quickly whispered, “Thanks!”

When the police arrived, Samantha told them a brief summary of what happened

fingerprints on the watch to

We can extract the fingerprints on the surface, but it wouldn’t be sufficient to pinpoint the culprit. To put it simply, this technique isn’t reliable if

who simply smiled. “They are right, though. We

puzzled. “Then, why did

correct, then there’s one person missing from our class right now. In other words, she has probably

they heard that, everyone exchanged glances with each other. Then, by the process of elimination, they found the

here just moments ago, but she

that name, Elise remembered how Amanda looked at her while realizing

was such

guilty and was scared that the police would check the fingerprints, so she escaped!” Riley agreed. She never thought that Amanda would

that this incident had nothing to do with Elise, for Amanda was the one trying to frame Elise instead. Samantha walked forward and apologized shyly, “I’m so sorry, Elise. I went overboard

not talk about that now. We have to find Amanda first. Sir, is it

stole the watch, she can be charged for the crime. Her sentence will then be determined by the value of the item, so judging by the price

could be behind bars for at least a year and

we don’t have

on the other hand, smiled. “Don’t worry, we’ll get the evidence we

hope everyone will cooperate with me. We’ll let

present nodded their agreement, afterwhich Zachary looked at her and asked, “Is there anything I need

eventually thought of something

hearing it, his eyes brightened. “All

arrived at the school gates when she saw a patrol car entering. Since she felt guilty, she hid before she watched as the car made its way toward the classroom. After that, she emerged from her

gates, so she immediately jumped