Veronica was still thinking of the mysterious couple when group of youngsters entered her bookstore. They were chatting, laughing out loud. When they reached the aisle they got hold of several books that they rudely opened pages by pages by stealth or by force. Until few pages were torn apart from the books.
The outrageous situation is very alarming but somehow Veronica manage to keep in control. She asked the bad boys to get out from the business establishment or she's gonna call the police.
The problem is the youngsters, the dirty rascals cannot take heed of the warning and still continued to provoke her. Then one of the bad guys started throwing pocketbooks hitting the light fixtures on the wall and on the ceiling. The eight juvenile delinquents chuckled like crazy hyenas.
Outraged and furious, Veronica grabbed the baseball bat that Ceejay left behind the counter. Aiming the sturdy bat at one of the rascals, " Okay mess up my bookstore again and I will hit you with this bat!"
Imagine after the renovation, the amount of money that's been used to make her business more profitable and it will all end up like this. Veronica have to do something tactically. Beneath the counter was the red button hidden from anyone. She quickly pressed the button and that signals for the police to arrive without the hoodlums knowing it.
However one of the bad guys approached her with a paring knife on his hand and that made Veronica rushed to defend herself by hitting the guy with a baseball bat on his leg. Seeing the pain and agony that one of their gang member has endured, the rascals run as fast as they could leaving the battered bad guy behind. The police came almost too late, although the 7 bad guys escaped but was able to apprehended one of the gang member.
After too many inquiries and interrogation the police took the bad guy and sent in the slammer (jail). More interrogations followed. The police took the video tape from the hidden camera wherein the non-stop action was captured. They want to have it as an evidence.
The next day the bookstore was closed for cleaning and re-organization once again. Veronica's family was happy and a bit sad. Two contrasting feelings of happiness because the expose' showed how their Mom has battled and won against the bad guys but then they are unhappy because they don't like the news that it will create.
And it did create and stir the news in the local newspaper. Even George was saying that it's privacy is what he needs right now. He suggested to Veronica that it's better to sell the bookstore than have all the hassles and unnecessary conflict it has created. They don't need the publicity.
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