As she was faced with the police officer’s confirmation, Lady Wilson nodded as she gritted her teeth and said, "That’s right. It's two hundred dollars!”
The police officer thought that there was a problem with his ears. 2
"An old lady who is living in the most luxurious villa a t Thompson First would actually call the police and file a police report for two hundred dollars? That cannot be right..." 4
As he thought about this, he secretly thought, Could it be that all rich people talk like this and simply refer to two million dollars as two hundred? During my last class reunion, the rich heir in my class was also the same when he talked about his luxury car. It was obviously a Rolls-Royce that had cost more than five million dollars. However, when anyone asked him about the price, he would simply say that it was a little more than five hundred. Is this a common problem that the wealthy people have?
As he thought about this, the police officer could not help but feel a little puzzled. It stands to reason that this old lady has a net worth of over one hundred million dollars. So, she shouldn't be so agitated even if she were to lose two million dollars, right?
So, he looked at Lady Wilson again before he said," Hello, madam. I would like to confirm this with you
again. You said that your daughter-in-law, Hannah, stole two hundred from you. The two hundred that you are referring to is two million dollars, right?"
"No." Lady Wilson replied, "I'm talking about two hundred dollars. Two hundred dollars in cash. Two pieces of one hundred dollar notes."
"Ahhh?!" The police officers were all in shock and their jaws were about to fall to the ground.
The chief of the police officer replied embarrassedly," Madam, your eldest daughter-in-law took two hundred dollars from you and you made a police report to arrest her over that sum of money?" 4
Lady Wilson hurriedly said, "Then I must have remembered wrongly! She did not steal two hundred dollars from me, but she actually stole two thousand dollars from me!" 2
The police officer replied embarrassedly, "The amount of money that she has stolen from you depends entirely on the facts of the case. Even if you say that she has stolen two thousand dollars from you and even if we arrest her after filing the case, in the end, if we find out that you were lying, then the standard for filing the case will not be met. Moreover, you will even be held legally responsible for your lies."
After that, the police officer reminded her, "Besides that, madam, I would like to explain to you that even if she really did steal two thousand dollars from you, she will only be under supervision order and she will not b e detained. Do you understand the meaning of supervision order? We will not arrest or detain her, but her personal freedom will be restricted to a certain extent and community corrections would be carried out on a regular basis. At that time, she might be asked not to leave Aurous Hill or the street where your villa is located. She will basically be off her supervision order after doing some community corrections work." 2
"What?!" Lady Wilson blurted out, "Don't you think that your management is a little too lax and lenient then? This is theft!”
The police officer sighed helplessly as he said, "Let’s put it this way instead, madam. Yes, committing theft i s indeed a crime. However, there has to be a proper degree of accountability. If a student comes and reports that his classmate has stolen his eraser that is worth a dollar, should we go and arrest the other party too? That would not be appropriate at all!”
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