This was getting out of hand, and I needed to set things straight before she went too far with her assumptions.
"Oh man, this situation is spiraling out of control. Miley, listen –" I tried to intervene, but she cut me off.
"I told you! Didn't I tell you?" Miley exclaimed, looking at me with absolute certainty. Then, turning her attention to Ace, she continued, "I told her, like, a bazillion times!"
Troy interrupted her excitement, bringing the focus back to the break-in. "You got broken into?" he asked, concerned.
I hesitated for a moment, not wanting to make a big deal out of it, and responded with a little fib, "Um... yeah, but it wasn't a big deal."
Troy repeated incredulously, "You got broken into?"
As Troy questioned me, Miley jumped in with her curiosity, "Is that why al
