A man revealed that one of his most prized possessions had disappeared from his house, so he checked the hidden cameras and could not believe his eyes.<\/p>\n
He tried to stay calm but eventually took action.The man shared that his 9-year-old nephew had a habit of stealing things. He used to pick items from shops, and then his parents had to apologize to the shop owners. Fearing that his nephew might steal his engagement ring, he hid it at a place he thought the boy couldn\u2019t reach. However, his plan failed, and his ring disappeared. A Redditorposted his story in the \u201cAITA\u201d sub, explaining what happened after watching the hidden camera footage. He had installed a cheap spy camera in his room to keep an eye on his nephew. Even after noticing their son stole things from shops, the man\u2019s brother and his brother\u2019s wife refused to do anything about it. They always thought their son forgot to return the items. One day, the school principal called the man\u2019s brother and informed him about his\u00a0child\u2019s stealing habits. The man felt embarrassed but still didn\u2019t teach his son not to steal. OP (Original Poster) felt his brother should talk to his son and teach him that stealing isn\u2019t right. However, he never interfered in his nephew\u2019s life until his engagement ring mysteriously disappeared. OP revealed his brother had recently moved in with his family because he had lost his job and couldn\u2019t afford to pay rent anymore. While searching for jobs, he earned money as a cab driver. OP didn\u2019t have a problem with his brother\u2019s family living with him because he knew they would move out soon. However, things turned different when he saw the empty ring box in his room. He had recently bought a beautiful engagement ring for his girlfriend. He had saved $4,000 to buy it to make his partner feel special. Since he knew his nephew was habitually stealing things, he hid the ring in a box under his drawer. His nephew had once taken his wristwatch from his room, so he wanted to be extra cautious. He bought a cheap spy camera and installed it in his room facing the drawer. He wanted to protect his precious ring at any cost. One day, he saw the ring box empty and headed to his laptop to check the camera footage. He wasn\u2019t surprised to see his nephew digging through his drawers. However, he was furious because this was his last wish. He barged into his brother\u2019s room and asked his nephew to return the ring. He told his brother about the camera footage and demanded his ring back. His brother and sister-in-law yelled at the child and asked him to return the ring. The boy said he left it in the guest room, but it wasn\u2019t there when they checked it.\u201dI know for a fact he\u2019s lying about not having it because that\u2019s the same thing he said about one of my watches he took then ended up finding it,\u201d the man\u00a0stated. The next day, his brother told him they couldn\u2019t find the ring. He apologized, but OP insisted the ring be returned, or his brother would have to pay him back $4,000 so he could buy another one. He also warned his brother that he would kick his family out of the house if he didn\u2019t pay him back in a week. Since the man had no job, he couldn\u2019t repay him and had to move into a motel after a week. He kept begging OP to let him return, but he refused. After his brother called him heartless, OP posted his story on Reddit and asked other users if he was at fault. Redditorsassured\u00a0OP he was not at fault for kicking them out.\u00a0I can imagine that gut-clenching feeling when an item you saved an entire year for goes missing and the person responsible won\u2019t say where it is,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the user\u00a0stated, while anotherwr<\/a>ote<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cNTA \u2013 they sold the ring.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Soon after, the man\u00a0wrote\u00a0another Reddit post to update his readers. \u201cYes, I found the ring!!\u201d he\u00a0happily revealed. He shared that after reading comments asking him to look for the ring in places his nephew would use to hide the ring, he checked the sink in the guest room bathroom. He saw his precious ring sitting in the sink. However, he still had to remove the trap to reach the ring. It took him some time, but he finally got the ring. He proposed to his girlfriend that night before something else happened to the ring. She loved the ring and said yes. Meanwhile, he also informed his brother that he had found the ring. His brother thought that meant he could move back with him, but OP refused. He also talked to his nephew and asked him why he didn\u2019t tell everyone about the ring\u2019s whereabouts. The boy said he feared they would get angry at him for hiding the ring in the sink. OP was disappointed but decided not to think much about it and let his brother handle the situation.\u00a0\u201cThe fact that the kid refused to tell you where it was and his parents refused to make him means you are absolutely in the right and would be crazy to let them back in,\u201d<\/em> stated\u00a0a Redditor. Most commenters agreed that the OP\u2019s brother needed to do something about his son\u2019s habit of stealing before it was too late.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"