why was her store not open? why didn t she answer the phone. early afternoon, still no sign of amber. so again, district manager called mariano. something is strange. and sent him back for a second look. again mariano look through the big front window. but this time, he saw someone. amber s assistant manager brendan just standing there behind the counter. i knock on the door and he lets me in. i said, brandon, have you seen amber? he s like, no. but he goes something is strange. there s money on the floor. it looks like there was some kind of struggle or something happen. some things got knocked over. my first thought was, where s amber? so he said he didn t know. of course, right away i m thinking, what is going on with this guy? he clearly sees something wrong. he must not recognize her car thinking, that s her car outside. you see it. you see there is things on the floor. why haven t you reacted right away? are you going to call someone are check the rest of the store? but h
$6,000. maybe the store surveillance cameras could tell the detective who took it. except there was no surveillance video in the store. there was none in the strip center that the store was located in. there was no video anywhere. there was video at the starbucks next door. but i only showed the front door. and that s it. you don t see anything. who would know that? who would know it was a video game company s only store in san antonio not equipped with cameras? the answer was obvious thought the detective. an employee would know. just like an employee would know amber hadn t taken the cash to the bank yet. then mariano told a detective about encountering brandon. and that he couldn t understand why brandon didn t look for amber until he, mariano, arrived. his first thought should have been there might have been a robbery. let me make sure first of all, that the robbers are not still in here and could hurt me. but also, let me see where amber is. here s what the detective was