Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 165

"Wh-what is this?" stammered her very surprised dad "I don't know dad" replied Tilly. Her dad
immediately called her mom and told her to come here immediately. "But we were just about to go over to
see your mother," her mom said to Tilly's dad over the phone. "Oh dear, could we not skip this?" asked her
mom, "I mean you did say it was very important..." she heard her mom said as her dad walked away.
Very soon she found herself at the back of her father’s car, driving towards her grandma’s. Her hand
instinctively went towards the box that contained the diamond necklace every time the car went around a
corner. She had a feeling that it was definitely not her parents that put the necklace there, but if it wasn’t her
parents who put it there then who did?
Soon they arrived at Tilly’s grandma’s house. Outside there was a bunch of cars, she managed to identify her
mother’s car. “Wow” thought Tilly “that’s a lot of people.”. As soon as Tilly entered the house she was
swept up with compliments and hugs, very soon she forgot about the diamond that was in her bag. “Wait,
where was my bag” thought Tilly worriedly after, she saw her dad and ran towards him. “ Dad” shouted
Tilly “Dad” Tilly shouted again but she already knew it was hopeless, the crowd was too thick to push
through it. She suddenly ran into someone, Tilly stopped and apologised then realised that the woman was
her aunt, Mary. “Oh I’m so sorry, Aunt Mary, I wasn’t looking where I was going,” rambled Tilly “ That’s
ok my dear” replied her aunt kindly “ But now I must really get going” “Oh yes sorry Aunt Mary” said
Tilly as she helped her aunt back up to her feet. Her aunt walked away, as she turned around her dad
suddenly materialised in front of her and made her jump. “Why were you shouting at me darling?” asked
Tilly’s Dad “ Oh right, Dad do you know where my bag went? I’m so worried I lost the necklace inside of
it” “No dear, I put it in your grandma’s room for safe keeping” “Oh ok, thanks dad” thanked Tilly as she
ran away.
When she walked into her grandma’s room she immediately saw her bag, but as she ran towards her bag she
could already feel something was wrong as she put her hand in the bag her fear was confirmed.
The necklace had been stolen!
Just as she was about to break down and cry, she saw footprints on the carpet just in front of the window
that faced the back garden. She opened the window and jumped out, when she landed in the garden she saw
the same footprints, she followed them all the way to the front door. She opened the door and went into
the main hall, there lined up next to the door was a pair of shoes that had muddy soles, as she lifted the
shoes she saw that the shoe soles had the same print as the footprints outside…
She quickly made the decision to not call the police and instead find her dad. She ran into the living room
and saw her dad talking to her uncle Turner, “Perfect” thought Tilly. Uncle Turner was part of the police
force here in London. She ran towards them shouting, “Dad! Uncle Turner!” She ran to them and said
“Sorry to interrupt but the necklace was stolen and I know the person who stole the diamond necklace.”
“ What, Who? Tell me Tilly!” Said her Dad “ What are you talking about?” asked her Uncle confused. “No
time to explain, all you need to know it that Aunt Mary stole a diamond necklace.” “How do you know?”
asked Tilly’s dad “Well I saw footprints in the room that you had put the bag in and it lead all the way to
the front door, so when I opened the door and went to inspect the shoes, Aunt Mary’s were all muddy. I
then brought the shoes out to check the soles of the shoes with the footprint and it matched”.
The arrest was soon made, her dad went to the police station to fill in paperwork.
“Your aunt is in fact a well known burglar that has stolen from many other people, she has stolen everything
from gold to emerald. This was her first diamond item that she had tried to steal and she hid it in our attic”
reported her dad when he came back from the police station.“Oh well” said Tilly as she grinned “I guess
diamonds really aren’t a woman's best friend…”