“Someone is stealing?”
“Yes and No. On the face, nothing is wrong, I did an inventory count last week, and a whole set of dictionaries were missing. We have cameras all over the shop, but still, after going through the videos, I was unable to spot a thief. The set was there one month ago, and then suddenly it was not there like it vanished into thin air.”
“You think one of your employees did it?”
“They can’t. I closed the shop myself every night. If they try to steal something before that, it will be captured by CCTV camera.”
“But what if they try afterward?”
“This is the problem. Anyone can try afterward. If someone is using a master key to unlock the door and take books, then it can be anyone, not necessarily my employees, and to be honest, they are not so fond of books anyways that they try to steal them. If it were money, I would suspect one of them but books are worthless to them.”
“How many books are stolen so far?” Alicia got curious.
“Twelve of the same set, but this is not the end of it. More are getting stolen every day. I had put an alarm in the shop in case someone is intruding in after hours and only last night, it went off twice. When I came back to look around, the door was securely locked as I had left it and there was no one inside. I asked the alarm company this morning, and they assured me that it was not a glitch. The only way alarm can go off if someone enters the shop and does not enter the correct password in the alarm set.”
Alicia was just looking at him. Her sixth sense said it was not about books. It was more than that. Finally, she asked, “Can I ask your name?”
He coughed slightly and said awkwardly, “Sorry I forgot to mention that. It is Kenneth. You can call me Ken.”
“Ken, don’t you think I am the perfect candidate for your shop in the current situation?”
He nodded, “That’s right, and that is the only reason I am telling you all the details.”
“You stay here all day, I assume. Why do you want a manager anyway?”
He sighed, “I cannot open the store before three o’clock due to some personal commitments. If I get a manager, I will get three to four more business hours.”
“I am in.”
He looked worriedly at her face shining brightly, “You are not grabbing the situation. It can get deadly.”
Deadly might bring me back to life.
Alicia smiled at him and also at her thought.
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