The situation escalates when the local neighborhood watch (led by a grumpy neighbor Nikola has ticketed before) arrives, accusing the police officer’s family of being the very thieves they were supposed to catch. The Resolution

The story ends with the family gathered around the dinner table. The bouquet is beautiful, but the room is filled with the scent of fertilizer because the boys took the flowers roots-and-all. Nikola gets a heartfelt thank you from his mother, but also a "fine" from Jagoda for the heirloom she finally confesses to breaking—proving that in the Oblak house, no good deed goes unpunished.

Meanwhile, Nikola's wife, Jagoda, is trying to hide the fact that she accidentally broke a family heirloom and is hoping a spectacular floral arrangement will soften the blow when Nikola finds out.