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....