The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 8

Taylor screamed in terror.

"Do as I say and no one will get hurt," growled the thief.

The girls watched fearfully as the thief walked around the house putting various valuable objects into a a large brown bag. Shenice and Taylor were almost ready to run when suddenly the thief whirled. "This way, ladies," the man smirked, shoving them into the hall closet, closing the door. He pushed a heavy object in front the door so they could not escape.

"Las Vegas here I come," said the crook, and with that the girls heard him leave out the back door.

Several minutes later they heard sirens and then Ms. Rachel's frantic voice talking to a police officer. They began to call for help. A moment later Ms. Rachel and the officer opened the door. "Why girls, what are you doing here? I thought you went home."
"Well . . ." began Shenice . . .

To be continued....

The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 7

"No!" yelled Taylor, but the thief ignored her. He simply pushed his way through the door and locked it so the girls and Ms. Rachel couldn't get in behind him.
"The back door," suggested Shenice, but a moment later they discovered it was locked too.
"Girls," said Ms. Rachel, "I want you to go home. I'm going next door to call the police."
Ms. Rachel left but instead of going home, Shenice and Taylor crawled through the window and began to look for the thief.

Just as they began to think he had left, they turned around to see him drawing a gun!

To be continued....