A man revealed that one of his most costly possessions had disappeared from his house. He was shocked to see what he observed through the hidden cameras. He tried to be calm, but in the end he became emotional.
The man disclosed that his nine-year-old nephew had a propensity for stealing things. His parents would have to apologise to the store owners when he would select goods out of stores. He was worried that his nephew might grab his engagement ring, so he hid it somewhere he didn’t think the child could get. However, his plan failed, and his ring disappeared.
On the “AITA” subreddit, a Redditor detailed his version of events following the viewing of the hidden camera footage. He’d set up an inexpensive spy camera in his nephew’s room to keep an eye on him.
Even after learning that their son was stealing merchandise from stores, the man’s brother and his brother’s wife took no action to stop him. They had always imagined that their kid had neglected to return the merchandise.
One day, the man’s brother received a call from the school administration informing him of his child’s tendency towards theft. The man did not teach his son not to steal, despite his embarrassment.
The Original Poster (OP) states that his brother should talk to his son and teach him moral principles. However, up until his engagement ring mysteriously disappeared, he never got involved in his nephew’s business.
OP claims that his brother, who was unable to support his family after losing his job, recently moved in with them. While searching for a job, he made money by driving a cab.
OP didn’t mind that his brother’s family was living with him because he knew they would shortly move out. However, everything changed when he found the empty ring box in his room. He had just bought his sweetheart an exquisite engagement ring.
Using the $4,000 he had saved, he bought it to give his spouse a special experience. Knowing that his nephew was a habitual robber, he hid the ring in a box under his drawer. His nephew had once taken his wristwatch from his bed, so he was very watchful.
He installed a cheap spy camera facing his room’s drawer. He wanted to protect his precious ring at any costs. One day, he went to his laptop to see the video recording after noticing the ring box was empty.
He wasn’t astonished to see his nephew going through his drawers. But he was furious since this was his last wish. He stormed into his brother’s room and asked his nephew to return the ring.
After informing his brother about the camera footage, he asked to have his ring returned. His brother and sister-in-law chastised the child and insisted that he return the ring. The boy claimed to have left it in the guest room when they looked into it, but it wasn’t.
“I’m positive he’s lying about not having it because he said the same thing about one of my watches that he took and later found,” the man exclaimed. The next day, his brother told him the ring was missing.
He apologised, but OP insisted on getting the ring back or his brother would have to pay him back the $4,000 so he could get another one. Furthermore, if his brother and his family didn’t pay him back in a week, he threatened to kick them out of the house.
After a week, the man’s unemployment prevented him from paying him back, so he was forced to relocate into a motel. He continually pleaded with OP to let him return, but he refused. After his brother called him cruel, the user posted his story on Reddit and asked other users if he was to blame. Redditors reassured OP that their ejection was not his fault.
One user commented, “I can understand that gut-wrenching feeling when an item you saved an entire year for goes missing and the person responsible won’t say where it is.” “NTA-they sold the ring,” remarked someone else.
Not too long after, the man provided his readers with another Reddit post. He said, “Yes, I found the ring with great joy.” After reading comments asking him to look for the ring in places his nephew would use to hide it, he disclosed that he had checked the guest room bathroom sink for it.
He looked down into the basin at his precious ring. He still had to remove the trap in order to reach the ring. It took some time, but finally he got the ring. He asked his girlfriend to marry him that night, before anything further occurred to the ring. She adored the ring and said, “Yes.”
Meanwhile, he informed his brother that he had found the ring. His brother surmised that meant OP might come back with him, but OP turned him down. He also had a conversation with his nephew, inquiring as to why the location of the ring had not been made public.
The young boy clarified that he believed they would be angry with him for hiding the ring beneath the sink. OP was disappointed, but instead of thinking about it, he decided to let his brother handle the situation.
A Redditor wrote, “You are absolutely in the right and would be crazy to let them back in. The kid refused to tell you where it was and his parents refused to make him.” The majority of commenters agreed that the OP’s brother ought to address his son’s propensity of stealing before it was too late.
