Exactly what I was thinking.
Had to be a drug dealer, cuz nobody would use cash nowadays.
Right?
Not necessarily. Recent immigrants are often confused by the banking system, having relied on cash in the countries they came from, where banks were unreliable and/or inaccessible. It would be interesting to know, however, whether she had reported the missing cash at the time of the fire, since she certainly would have had contact with police at the time. If she hadn’t mentioned the cash to police, then I’d be suspicious.
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