Her Precious Baby

“What the heck is going on?”

“She said someone stole her necklace. D*mn. Who’d be stupid enough to steal? We’re all rich.”

“Hey, you never know, though. Greed knows no bounds.”

Siobhan told her bodyguards to block all the exits. She seemed anxious about something.

“What’s going on?” Zeferino walked out from backstage. He looked at Siobhan in confusion and chastised, “What are you doing? We have guests here.”

“How could you say that to me, Zefe? I just lost something important.” Siobhan stomped her foot, tears welling in her eyes. She was feigning sadness. “My father gave me that necklace on my eighteenth birthday. It means a lot to me, and now someone stole it!”

Zeferino’s brows furrowed. He mused over the matter and solemnly said, “You probably got careless and left it somewhere. Try to retrace your steps.”

“No way. The only place I’ve been to is the waiting room backstage. Oh, and the restroom.”

Angeline’s face fell. She went to the bathroom? Okay, this is getting odd. She had a feeling this missing necklace was not a coincidence.

To calm everyone down, Zeferino looked at the other bodyguards. “Probably a case of lost and found. Check the restrooms.”

“Yes, sir!” The bodyguards nodded.

leave,

“Zefe, there’s no need to search the restroom. Just go through all the guests’ bags. Don’t want the thief to sneak away among the

Embarrassed, Zeferino hissed,

raised her voice, speaking vehemently. “I am not messing around! My father bought that necklace in South Alendor. It’s named Eternal Heart, and it’s

with anxiety. If any of them were the thief, they might be

smile curling her lips. “We should go the extra mile and search

lipstick, and other trinkets. She then scanned everyone else calmly. “I did

an example, everyone else reluctantly gave followed her lead and let someone

noticed she was exchanging a look with Denise. And

bodyguard ordered coldly, accepting no

this, Angeline only stayed quiet for a while, and then she placed her bag on the table so they

the contents of her bag out of the table, and then a dull thud echoed

fell. She had never seen this necklace before. So how

the necklace. Feigning a

diamond, and it gleamed like the heavens under the illumination of

that’s my necklace!” Siobhan held the edges of her dress up and approached Denise. She took a closer look at the necklace, her eyes flaring with delight. “So it’s you! You stole my necklace, you thief!” She gripped Angeline’s arm tightly, refusing

swarmed the ladies, giving Angeline looks of

did that.

a book by its cover. You never know who might be a thief. She could be

“This is just embarrassing.”