"Are you a resident here?" the taller officer asked Maria upon hearing her conversation with Larissa.

"Yes, I am," Maria replied as she turned and pointed at her apartment. "I live right across."

"Then, do you know her?" The officer pointed at Larissa.

"Of course I do! We've been neighbors for over a year! I got to know her when she came over every day during the renovation," Maria clarified confidently.

"What if you two are colluding?" the middle-aged man questioned.

Maria walked directly to th