When Clarissa reached home, she saw that Caleb had left. She threw herself on the sofa, intending to continue working on her research project.
Strangely enough, her file was gone. No matter what she did, Clarissa couldn’t find it. She searched the whole computer, but to no avail.
Clarissa panicked so much that a layer of anxious sweat covered her entire forehead. She spent half a year working hard on her project, but the file went missing in the blink of an eye!
She remembered Caleb had come to her house, so she quickly called him.
“Caleb, have you seen the project on my computer?” Clarissa asked in an anxious voice.
“What project?”
“It’s the national research project I applied for.”
“I didn’t see it. I didn’t touch your computer,” Caleb replied steadily.
“Forget it.” Clarissa hung up.
Clarissa was confused. After that, she called Rem and Lisa and asked if they had a backup. However, they said that they prepared only their own part of the content. How could they have a backup?
Clarissa sighed helplessly. Then, she called Caleb again and asked him who else had been at her house this afternoon.
“Oh! Miss Chanel was there, but she saw you weren’t home and left,” Caleb said.
Caleb then thought about his words. He told Clarissa that Chanel had been to her house. Wasn’t it the same as pushing the blame on Chanel? Caleb didn’t know if Chanel had actually stolen Clarissa’s work. Therefore, he briefly told Clarissa about Chanel’s quick visit.
Clarissa then called Chanel.
“Your project? I don’t know. I’m not from the finance faculty. Why would I need your project?” Chanel sounded a little angry at the accusation. “Clarissa, what do you take me for?”
“I...” Clarissa could not say a word to refute Chanel.
Clarissa had to redo the project from memory. However, redoing the project from scratch would be useless if someone had already stolen her project. Someone else would own the copyright. Filled with ire, she slammed her hands on her computer.
Chanel: [Have any of you seen Miss Johnson’s project report? It’s missing!]
Everyone was very concerned, and asked around where it went missing. After that, everyone learnt that Caleb was at Clarissa’s house when she lost the report. Caleb was a finance student, so it seemed logical for him to do this.
The stolen project became a big deal at the University of Florin. Everyone was convinced Caleb had stolen Clarissa’s project.
Later, Don found the dodgy email in his inbox. Someone had sent the research project with a strange email.
The content was about the trust’s research, and Don knew Clarissa was researching this. Don could use the work, but he was a righteous man who would never plagiarize.
Therefore, he sent the project to Clarissa on WhatsApp.
Don: [Miss Johnson, have a look. Is this your project?]
When Clarissa finally found her lost project, she was overwhelmed with tears of joy.
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