The elderly woman, disoriented and terrified, must have mistaken Samuel for the mugger in her panic and reported him to the police. Leah realized how easily Samuel’s good intentions were misconstrued in the chaos of the crime scene.
Leah felt a surge of triumph as she left the convenience store, convinced that she had finally gathered the evidence needed to prove Samuel’s innocence. With the USB drive clutched tightly in her hand, she believed the mystery was solved and Samuel’s ordeal was nearly over.