Chapter 185

Nina's eyes were sharp. Despite the damage to the monkey's shirt, she noticed that it looked familiar. "Where did this monkey get its clothes? Eloise, doesn't it look like yours?" Upon closer inspection of the tattered clothes on the monkey, Eloise was both surprised and delighted. "It does look like mine!" Ryan snorted. Finally, he could clear his name. Last time, when Eloise's clothes were stolen while she was bathing in the stream, she had accused him of the theft. "You finally saw it. You were so certain I was the thief. I said it was a monkey, but you didn't believe me. Do you believe me now?" Eloise lowered her head in shame, realizing that Ryan was indeed an honest person with great integrity. She apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, Ryan. I shouldn't have been so quick to judge you like that." The other women also felt ashamed because they hadn't thought that a monkey would steal clothes. They thought it was just an excuse Ryan made up to peek at Eloise while she was bathing.