Accidental Break-In

Amanda and I were shopping in Columbus in the evening, and we decided to stop by the Final Markdown. The parking lot was empty, but all of the lights were on in the store, so we got out of the car and headed towards the doors. The store was lit as if it were open, but we couldn't see anyone inside. Amanda decided that we should go in anyway, so I unlocked the door with my key and we headed inside. About 15 seconds after we went in, we heard an alarm go off. I asked Amanda why she didn't disable the alarm system, and she told me that she didn't remember the code.

We quickly headed back out the door, because I told her Armond would be coming soon to find out why the alarm on his store was going off. She ran out to the car, I walked at a normal pace behind her - but when we noticed that nobody was coming, we turned around and walked back into the store. The alarm was no longer going off, so we thought things might be okay now.

Once we were inside, we noticed that several other people had come in and were starting to steal things. We tried to tell them that the alarm was just going off, and that people would be coming to check on the store soon, but nobody wanted to listen. Before we could convince those people to get out, the police arrived. We all ran towards the back of the store and into one of the storage rooms. We could see the police going up and down the aisles, looking for intruders, and we realized that we were trapped in the back room with nowhere to hide.

Just as the police started catching some of the other people, Amanda and I noticed a big piece of plywood that was propped up against one of the back walls. There was just enough room for us to hide behind it, so we jumped over a railing and ducked behind the plywood until the police had rounded up the rest of the people and left.