Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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Life As I've seen it
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thief ran away without achieving his goal.
Upon hearing these details, I commended her on her quick thinking and valor. I told her that "your example of self defence in a time of need taught us all a lot today". I quickly promised her that I'd get to the bottom of this mystery. My mind was reeling from the events and I realized that this must have been an inside job with connections to a gang that was keeping an eye on the girls in the hostel. Without inside help there was no way someone could get into the hostel as the thief did this evening. I need to quickly take steps around this matter because if this news got out to the girls in the campus it would not go well.
Once the thief had collected all the details, the thief and his helpers must have congregated somewhere near the hostel waiting for the opportune moment to strike. I thought to myself, could there be a connection between the University security officer and this incident? I had already had a bad experience in the past with the security officer and wasn't very fond of him to begin with. This incident happened at night and this particular security officer used to make is rounds of the hostel from time to time. These thoughts made me think there must be some Ivalidity to these theories. I came to the conclusion that, to get more information I'll have to go to the night peon to find out what he knew. So, I called him to my home and started interrogating him.
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