章 166: Framed
It was at that moment that Natasha knew what was going on, how could she have been so stupid as not to realize it sooner???Natasha quickly began to rummage through her handbag quickly.
"My brooch, my brooch is gone, someone took it!!" said Cornelia as she was hysterical.
"Aunt please calm down" said Lia as she tried her best to make Cornelia calm down, she was causing a scene and everyone was looking at them.
"Lia is right Aunt, please calm down" said Charlie as he was standing right beside Lia, they were all talking and enjoying the cake when suddenly out of nowhere Cornelia screamed and everyone stopped whatever it was that they were doing as they turned to look at her.
"How can you tell me to calm down??" asked Cornelia as she was having none of this at all and everyone was still looking at her, there was drama looming and they all knew it.
"That brooch is a family heirloom, and it is very important, which is why I demand that it be returned to me now!!!" said Cornelia as she was not having any of this, she was not having any of this at all.
Natasha rummaged through her bag as everyone was focused on Cornelia and her complains, and just as she had feared, there was the emerald brooch Cornelia was looking for, right there in the right side of her handbag.
Natasha sighed internally, she was so stupid, so very stupid, this same thing that happened in her last life, she had attended Grandfather's 80th birthday party, and well no one else liked her, and just like today, Cornelia's brooch had gone missing, and it was found in her bag, she was utterly humiliated, she was called a thief, and most of all, she had nothing to prove her innocence.
Natasha quickly slipped back the brooch into her bag, she hoped that no one had seen her, because she could not understand, it was clear now that someone was out to make her life a living hell, but the question was who?? She had no idea who?? She did not even know how the person managed to remove the brooch from Cornelia's suit, and then place it in her bag, and she never even noticed, she had let her guard down, and now she was going to have to pay for it.
"Aunt, maybe it feel down" said Charlie as he found it stupid that someone would just steal Cornelia's brooch out of everything else she had on her, she had expensive jewels and a pure gold watch, so it made no sense that she would be the target of theft and the stolen item would be a tiny brooch.
"yes Aunt, Charlie is right, maybe it did fall down" said Lia as she nodded her head.
"Impossible!!" said Cornelia as she refuted them.
"I have worn that brooch on many occasions since I inherited it, and it never once fell down, it is only now that it has" said Cornelia as she was fuming and Lia and Charlie looked at each other, they were sure that they would not be able to calm Cornelia down and she was causing a scene.
"This only means one thing… there is a thief among us… I am not going to stand for this, I am not going to stand for this at all" said Cornelia as she pulled her hand out of Lia's grip and she rummaged through her purse.
She was not going to take this, she was not going to take this at all, she had organized this entire celebration for her eldest cousin and yet she had been robbed!!! This was just pure nonsense; she was not going to stand for this.
Cornelia got her phone out of her purse and she quickly dialed a number as she was fuming and everyone just watched in silence what she would do.
"Come here now, or else!!" said Cornelia as she ended the call and Lia tried to calm her down.
"What is going on here??" asked Ernest as he walked back into the hall, he had only been gone for a few moments and now there was a commotion.
"Benjiro, there is a thief in our midst, they stole my brooch, the brooch Grandfather gave me before he died" said Cornelia as she quickly turned to look at Ernest as she complained to him.
"That is impossible" said Ernest as he could not believe this.
"Benjiro, this is unacceptable, highly unacceptable!!" said Cornelia as she did not care at all for the many guests that were witnessing this scene.
Ernest was quiet, he did not know what to say, the brooch was an irreplaceable family heirloom, and just like Cornelia, he was not going to stand for a thief in their midst.
"Madam, you called for us?" came the voice of a man in black as two other men followed after him, they were the security guards.
"Yes, there has been a theft, I need you to search every female guest with a handbag" said Cornelia as she turned to look at the man, the thief would have obviously hid her brooch in a handbag.
The security guards turned to look at Ernest for permission.
"*Sigh*, Do as she says" said Ernest as he sighed and the security guard nodded.
"Everyone, I am sorry for the inconvenience, but my brooch must be found or else" said Cornelia as the security guards began to search the bags of the female guests that had one, and it was not a tiresome things seeing as many female guests had no bags or purses at all.
Natasha sighed, she did not know what to do, this exact same thing happened before, and the brooch was obviously found in her bag, she could not disappear now, because there was only one entrance to the venue, and well she could not refuse for her bag to be searched because that meant that she was admitting to being the thief.
This was unfair, what did she do for someone to hate her so much as to want to ruin her life?? She did not deserve this at all, if she had known that this would repeat itself again, then she would have just made up an excuse and go home, things were playing out the same way they did before, the only difference was that she was wearing a different dress, but the handbag was the exact same yellow one, she wondered how she could have been so absent minded not to notice someone trying to frame her??
"Madam, your bag please" said a security guard as he stopped in front of the sofa that Natasha was sitting on.
"Oh…" said Natasha as she was snapped out of her thoughts, and she regrettably gave her handbag to the security guard.
Everyone watched as the security guard looked through Natasha's bag and within seconds, the brooch was found.
"Madam, we found the brooch" said the security guard as he held the brooch in his hand and there was a large "ooh" in the crowds as people were in disbelief.
Natasha sighed, and she stood up, and in that same moment Cornelia walked straight to Natasha as everyone was in shock and so was Ernest.
"This is impossible, Natasha would never do that" said Dom to himself as he sensed something off here, and he quickly slipped away as the crowd were all focused on what was happening.
"You little wretch, you are a thief" said Cornelia as she began to throw words at Natasha as she collected her brooch from the security guard as he stepped away.
"Please relax Aunt, I was not the one that took your brooch… someone put it in my handbag" said Natasha as she tried to calmly explain, but it would seem that Cornelia needed no explanation at all.
"Oh you shut up there you stupid girl" said Cornelia.
"Everyone clearly saw the searching, and how my brooch was found in your handbag" said Cornelia.
"Are you telling me that the brooch just came to life and walked into your handbag on its own?" asked Cornelia.
"No but I was framed, someone put it there" said Natasha as she tried to desperately to explain herself.
"Oh stop lying, stop lying" said Cornelia.
"Not only are you a thief, but you are a liar as well!" said Cornelia with spite.
"I am no thief, and I am no liar, I did not take your brooch" said Natasha as she snapped back at Cornelia, she was not going to stand for this at all.
"Shut up you thief before I do it myself" said Cornelia.
"Enough!" came Ernest's angry voice as it startled Cornelia and everyone turned to look at him.
…
Dom was running, he had to prove Natasha's innocence, she was not the one who took Cornelia's brooch, Dom knew that there had to be some security footage, the hall was full of security camera's everywhere, you just could not see them, so Dom was on his way to the security room, of all the things Natasha was, she was no thief.
Dom stopped running as he stopped in front of a large metal door that had the word cooling room written on it, he quickly opened the door as he walking into the room, he stepped into a dimly it room with many computer monitors, they showed what was going on in the hall right now.
Dom quickly sat down at the desk as he typed on the keyboard, if there was a specific time when the thief would be caught in the act, it would be between an hour ago and now, because Cornelia was still wearing her brooch at that time, Dom checked through the records.
"This can't be" said Dom as he furrowed his eyebrows, the security footage from the last hour had all ben erased, and he was sure it was no accident, whoever did this wanted to frame Natasha, and they were not playing at all.
…
"That is enough Cornelia" said Ernest as he walked over to where Cornelia was standing In rage.
"Natasha did not steal your brooch" said Ernest.
"Oh Benjiro, you defend this girl, just what has she given to you for her to defend her, and loose all your values because of her?" asked Cornelia as she refuted Ernest.
"The brooch was found in her handbag" said Cornelia as she turned to look at Natasha, she did not care that she was openly humiliating her right now.
"Just because she is the unfortunate wife of your grandson, does not mean you need to loose your good values because of her!" said Cornelia.
"You know how our family deals with thieves, it is a great sin" said Cornelia as Ernest was quiet, he knew that Natasha was innocent, he just knew it, this was a set up, she would never do something like this.
"I will not stand here and let you humiliate me like this" said Natasha as she spoke up, in the past her voice was always very still, but not now, she was not going to stand for this at all.
"Shut up you brat, you deserve a slap for stealing and lying you thief" said Cornelia as she raised her hand and Natasha moved away, she was slapped the last time, and it really hurt, but she was not going to let herself be disgraced like that in front of everyone, when she was innocent.
"Not only are you an unfortunate orphan, but you are a sham as well, and also a thief, but what can I say, a leopard can never change it's spots, if you did it once, you obviously would do it again, but in a greater degree" said Cornelia as she scoffed.
"Cornelia, watch your tongue!" said Ernest as he snapped at her he was not going to allow Cornelia insult Natasha like that, even if she was his cousin.
Natasha looked around, everyone looked at her with their scrutinizing gazes, she scoffed, she could not see Dom anywhere, last time he had just stood there and watched her be humiliated, and now this time, he was not even here at all?? Just how unfortunate was she truly?
Natasha just took her handbag from the sofa and she walked away without looking back at all, everyone cleared a path for her, but she did not care for their looks at all, she should have never come here in the first place, she only brought Grandfather shame on a day that was supposed to be his best, she did not even care for her innocence because she was never going to be innocent and everyone's eyes.
"Natasha, stop wait" said Dom as he was walking back and he saw Natasha walk out of the hall, she did not even turn to look at him, she just kept on walking.
"Natasha" called Dom once again.
"Leave me alone!" said Natasha as she snapped at him and she kept on walking.
"Natasha!!" came Michael's voice as he ran behind her and he caught up to her as she was about to walk out the door.
"What!!" asked Natasha as she turned to face him and she snapped at him.
"Where are you going?" asked Michael as he saw everything that had happened, but of course he knew that she was innocent.
"I am going home" replied Natasha, she just felt so bad right now, as if in everything she did, everywhere she went, she was always misjudged.
"How are you going to get home?" asked Michael as Dom stayed where he was, he knew Natasha was angry right now, and she had every right to be.
"Take me home" said Natasha as she looked at Michael.
"Ah…" said Michael as he turned to look at Dom for approval and Dom just nodded his head.
"Fine, let's go" said Michael and Natasha did not even wait for him as she walked straight out the door as Michael followed behind her and Dom sighed.
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