something was strange. and sent him back for a second look. again, mariano looked in through the big front window. but this time he saw someone. amber s assistant manager brandon just standing there behind the counter. i knock on the door. and so he lets me in and i said, brandon, have you seen amber? he s like, no, but something is strange, there s money on the floor, it looks like there s some kind of struggle or something happened, things got knocked over. my first thought was, where s amber? he said he didn t know. right away i m thinking, what is going on with this guy, clearly he sees there s something wrong, he must recognize the car, that s her car outside, you see it, there s things on the floor, why haven t you reacted right away and called someone or checked the rest of the store? but he hadn t. so mariano ran to the back office, the only other room in the store. not a moment he ll ever forget, not for the rest of his life.
so again mariano looked in through the big front window, but this time he saw someone, amber s assistant manager brandon just standing there behind the counter. i knock on the door, and so he lets me in. i said, brandon, have you seen amber. he s like, no, but something is strange. there s money on the floor, looks like there was some kind of struggle or something happened, things got knocked over. my first thought was where s amber. so he said he didn t know. you know, of course right away i m thinking, you know, what is going on with this guy. he clearly sees something is wrong, he must recognize the car. i m thinking, that s her car outside, you see it, you see there s things on the floor, why haven t you reacted right away and call someone or check the rest of the store. but he hadn t. so mariano ran to the back office, the only other room in the store. not a moment he will ever forget, not for the rest of his life. and when i run to the back, i find out amber is on the floor