Lesson Learned Part II

Well, I found one of my missing earrings mysteriously in the wrong place this morning and am now totally perplexed and feel like a big idiot. I'm not sure how my jewelry case was ripped and how my earrings wound up dispersed in different places. Maybe someone is playing tricks on me. But I do know that I feel awful for accusing these men of stealing my jewelry and really have no way to make it up to them. All I could do was call their boss and tell him that I found my missing earring and am sincerely sorry for causing trouble and wrongly accusing them. There is a small chance that they did try to take them and and instead wound up ripping the box and the earrings went different places. But, perhaps it was our house cleaner who accidentally misplaced things when cleaning. I will have to ask her. I have been reflecting on the actions I took to make sure that I didn't act too quickly or irrationally but Alan tells me that I did what any person would have done and that it was an honest mistake. But I still feel really bad and am not sure I can show my face in the store for a good long while! However, the "lesson" was still learned and I'm still locking up all my valuables.