When Jane Spencer heard talk of a thief, she immediately grew worried about Sydney Sawyer.
"Don't worry about Syd, and don't tell her, or she'll get scared too," Ronald Sharp said bluntly.
Jane Spencer thought that made sense and practically jogged after him on the way home.
When they reached the Lockwood's gate, Nathaniel Lockwood had intended to say his goodbyes and leave, but Ronald Sharp grabbed him. "Didn't we have a deal? I catch the thief, you do the beating?"
"You were serious about that?" Nathaniel Lockwood frowned.
"Let's go. Catch the thief."
It was only then that Nathaniel Lockwood felt something was off.
**
After nightfall, the residential compound was silent.
To avoid alerting the "thief," Ronald Sharp kept the sound of opening the door and entering the house to a minimum.
Normally, when catching a thief, you'd have to search everywhere. But after Ronald Sharp went in, he headed straight for the second floor.
