"Rosa, what's this about?"
I couldn't be bothered to waste my time on her and directly started taking off the jacket.
"Rosa! Stop! What are you doing?"
Halle kept shrinking into Frank's arms.
"Rosa! Rosa!"
Frank grabbed my hand and asked anxiously.
"What are you doing?"
He was more powerful than me, and I had to let go of Halle.
"Why are you wearing my jacket?"
Tears began to well up in Halle's eyes.
"Rosa, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I thought it looked good, so I wanted to try it on."
"What's wrong with you?"
I was pissed off by her.
"Don't you need to ask for my permission if you want to wear my clothes?
"Taking without asking is stealing! Do you know that? I can call the police!"
Her tears flowed down all of a sudden, and she was so flustered.
It made Frank feel heartbroken.
"Rosa! It's just a jacket.
"You have so many clothes, Why can't Halle try one on?"
Frank's words were like adding fuel to the fire, and I was even more furious.
He looked OK in the past. How come he was such a fool right now?
"Just because I have a lot of clothes, others can wear them whenever they want?
"The problem is that she took it without asking me! This is stealing!"
Frank frowned in disagreement.
"Rosa, we're family. Why can't we share things?
"Does it count as stealing if I use your money?"
I didn't know Frank could be so eloquent.
He was so good at quibbling!
"I'm not in the mood to argue with you. Let me tell you this. You are not allowed to wear my clothes!"
I looked at Halle, who looked like a frightened deer, and said word by word.
"I'm sorry, Rosa, I'll give it back..."
She took off the jacket while crying as if she had suffered a great humiliation.
"Don't fight with Frank because of me..."
It was the first time Frank and I gave each other silent treatment.
He thought I was deliberately targeting Halle.
I thought he was unreasonable because he was so stupid.
In addition, I was swamped with the factory. So, I gradually forgot about it.
I thought Halle would at least stay out of trouble for a while.
Unexpectedly, just five days later, my precious jewelry disappeared.
My jewelry wasn't cheap, with an average price of over 10,000 dollars.
Usually, I would lock them in the drawer of my dressing table.
Since Halle wore my jacket without my permission, I had become cautious about my things.
But the blue sapphire diamond necklace that I liked went missing anyway.