Discomfort in Comfort, Part 1

"It's, like, so hot!" complained Cheyenne, taking a sip of lemonade.

"I know!" said Lucy, licking her popsicle, which was melting more and more by the second.

"Hi! called Josh, walking into the backyard.

"Hey!" echoed the two girls.

"Did you guys hear?" asked Josh.

" 'Bout what?" asked Cheyenne.

"The murderer hiding out somewhere in town!"

"What!? Where is he!?" exclaimed Lucy, almost spitting out her popsicle. "We haven't had a crime here in Comfort since Tommy stole a bag of M&M's from the 7-11."

"I thought that was Timmy,"said Cheyennne.

"It doesn't matter who stole the Hershey's bar!" said Josh, frustrated.

"M&M's!" said the girls in unison.

"Whatever," said Josh. "Anyway, I have a lead."


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The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 9

Shenice and Taylor sat on Shenice's bed drinking Coke.
"Can you believe those guys were wanted in seven different states?" said Taylor, biting into her chocolate chip cookie.

"I know!" said Shenice taking another sip of her soda. "I heard that almost twenty thousand dollars worth of stuff was stolen from Ms. Rachel. It's a good thing she got it all back."
"Yeah, he was about to board the plane when all of the sudden the police were arresting him," said Taylor.

"They found his 'girl friend' hiding out in a small country called Genovia."
"Well, now that this mystery is solved I've got something better for us to do."
"What?" asked Shenice.
"Clean out your closet," said Taylor.

The End

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 . . .

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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!

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The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 6

"Okay," said Shenice trying to remain calm," go out on the front porch and stall him. But don't let him in and don't let him leave until we get there." Shenice hung up the phone.

She hurried to the dining room and quickly thought of an excuse for leaving all of the sudden. "I . . . uh, left something at Ms. Rachel's and she needs me to come get it," said Shenice. "Come on, Taylor, why don't you come with me?"

On the way to Ms. Rachel's house, Shenice explained to Taylor what was going on. When they got there they saw Ms. Rachel talking to a man in a very corny, cheap looking suit. He was holding a vacuum.

"Hi Ms. Rachel!" called Shenice.

"Hi!" said Ms. Rachel with a hint of relief on her face.

"Now if you just let me inside I'll show you how this vacuum cleaner works," said the 'sales person'. He didn't even acknowledge the girls' presence.

"I'm sorry," said Ms. Rachel, "but you can't come inside."

"Ya right!" said the man as he pushed his way through the door!


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The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 5

"That's my earring!" said Shenice in surprise.
"Are you sure?" asked Ms. Rachel.
'Yes," said Shenice, "see that little bit of green paint on the back? That's from when I helped paint the set for some play."
"What do you think we should do?" asked Taylor.
Just then Shenice looked down at her watch and gasped, "It's 5:30," she said. "We've gotta get home. I promised my mom we'd be home in time for dinner."

The girls hopped on their bikes and hurried home.
"Dinner time," called Shenice's mom as the girls walked in the door.
Shenice and Taylor sat down and began to eat with rest of the family. Just then, the phone rang and Shenice got up to answer it.
"Shenice," said the voice on the other end of the phone, "it's Ms. Rachel. That sales person is outside again!"



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The Mystery of the Diamond Earring, Part 4

"So," said Taylor "what do you think we should do now?"

"I think," replied Shenice, "we should go over to Ms. Rachel's house and ask her if anything strange has happened. I'm sure the thief will realize he got the wrong house."

"Do you wanna walk?" asked Taylor.

"Let's ride our bikes," said Shenice. "It'll be faster."

"OK," replied Taylor.

"Mom," called Shenice, "we're going to Ms. Rachel's house."

"OK," said Shenice's mom. "Don't be gone long."

Shenice and Taylor hurried and jumped on their bikes and were at Ms. Rachel's house within minutes. They arrived just in time to see a car, which had been parked in front of Ms. Rachel's house, speed away. The girls hopped off their bikes and hurried to the front door. Shenice knocked. A lady looking to be in her mid sixties answered the door a moment later. "Well, hello Shenice." said Ms. Rachel "Who is this you have with you?"

"This is my cousin Taylor," Shenice explained. "We need to ask you a few questions."

"Is something wrong?" Ms. Rachel asked.

The girls quickly explained what had happened.

"You know," said Ms. Rachel, "there was a sales person that came earlier that seemed pretty suspicious."

" What seemed so suspicious?" asked Taylor.

"Well," began Ms. Rachel, "for one thing, most sales people try to look nice, and this man was wearing a white T-shirt, dirty jeans, and a baseball cap. Second, he said he was selling vacuum cleaners, but he didn't have anything with him.

"It does sound pretty suspicious if you ask me." said Shenice. Anything else?"

"Well," said Ms. Rachel, "as he was turning to leave I noticed something fall out of his pocket. I bent down to pick it up, but by the time I had it the man had driven away. You can take a look if you like."

The girls gasped at what Ms. Rachel handed to them.

To be continued....