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Missing Dresses

 Chapter 1

    I woke up today with a questioned look on my face. I want to get out of 

this mess, but something was telling me to start sleuthing. 

    By the way, I’m Brooke. I live here, in California! 

“Brooke! Wanna go to the beach?” said mom.

“No mom, I’ve got work to do.”

    Speaking of work… here’s the story about what happened last night.

 “Sabrina’s here Brooke!” said mom.

“Ok, send her to my room!”

    Sabrina and I have been friends forever! We do everything together and 

she is just like a sister to me.

“How’s it goin’ Brooke?” said Sabrina. 

“Umm, ok. I am just a little bit confused.”

“About what happened last night?” 

“Yeah, who do you think the robber was?” Sabrina asked me.

“I don’t know, but it must be one of Lady Gaga or Katy Perry’s fans!” 

    Last night Sabrina and I got tickets to the Music Awards and went to see Katy 

Perry and Lady Gaga. 

“By the way, they were AMAZING!!!!!!!” said Sabrina.

    When they finished the show, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry went backstage to 

change their outfits. Then, Jessie McLean and Mr. Brown called them to the 

interview room.

“That’s when the robber went into their dressing rooms and stole their dresses! 

The robber stole Lady Gaga’s meat dress and Katy Perry’s muppet dress. They 

are my absolute FAVORITES!” said Sabrina.

“Dresses that pop-stars have must be worth a lot… That’s probably why the 

robber stole them!” I said.

“No duh, genius! You really hit the jackpot this time,” said Sabrina, looking at me 

with an obvious face.

“Let’s just watch some TV to get our minds off of this,” I said while I sat on the 

sofa.

“Sounds good!”

All of the TV channels were reporting on the “mysterious dress robber.” 

“Can’t we watch something different??” whined Sabrina. 

“Shhhhh! Listen to what the TV is saying!!” I yelled. 

“After the Music Awards show was over, a robber stole one of Lady Gaga 

and Katy Perry’s dresses. A witness saw that the thief was wearing a black 

fedora. Keep a look out for a man or woman that has a black fedora on! The 

investigators also found a left shoe in Katy Perry’s dressing room and a knife in 

Lady Gaga’s dressing room,” the newscaster said.

“Wow! Why do you think the robber had knife?” Sabrina asked.

“I don’t know, but I think we are going to find out,” I replied.

Chapter 2

“Brooooke! Let’s go to the mall!” yelled Sabrina.

“Sure, but promise me you won’t wander off without me, ok? I also want to stop 

by the Music Awards Studio to take a look at the clues.”

“Yeah, yeah, ok.”

    While we were riding our bikes to the Music Awards Studio, we saw the music 

managers Jessie McLean and Mr. Brown. They were headed to the Music 

Awards studio, too.

“How long with this take??” whined Sabrina.

“Not that long, be patient,” I said.

     When we entered the studio there was caution tape everywhere. I 

approached Jessie McLean and Mr. Brown. 

“Mr. Brown? Hi, I’m Brooke, Brooke Stone. I’m here to investigate the robbery 

that happened last night. Can you give me any details?”

“Nice to meet you. I’d tell you more information about what happened, but 

unfortunately, all I know… is all you know, too! I am very sorry,” said Mr. Brown.

“That’s alright. I’ll just keep looking for clues by myself,” I said in a sad voice 

while I walked away.

“Wait!! Maybe Jessie can help you!” Mr. Brown shouted to me.

“Great! Lets go find her!”

    Jessie was nowhere to be found. 

“I just saw her a minute ago! Where do you think she went?” asked Mr. Brown.

“ I don’t know,” I said.

     We heard a crying noise from backstage and went to check it out. We found 

Jessie crying her heart out.

“What’s wrong Jessie?” I asked.

“That mean robber stole MY CLIENT’S DRESS!! Today (sniff sniff) Lady Gaga 

was going to do a photo shoot with her meat dress (sniff sniff) and we were 

supposed to get A LOT of money but now... WE CAN’T BECAUSE OF THAT 

STUPID ROBBER!” yelled Jessie.

"That's why we need your help. Would you join me? Mr. Brown and Sabrina... 

WAIT! Where is Sabrina? I told her not to run away this time!” I 

yelled.“Where do you think she went?” asked Mr. Brown.“Ummmm, oh yeah, to 

the mall! Jessie, will you please help us investigate?” “Fine,” said Jessie, 

“anything to make sure we get the meat dress back.”“Of course, we’ll figure 

this mystery out. Now, let’s get to the mall.”

Chapter 3

“Sabrina? Sabrina? Where is she?” I asked.

“Oh! I see her! She’s heading into a adult shoe shop!” Mr. Brown said.

“Why would she be heading in there? Does she have big feet or something?” 

said Jessie.

“No, but let’s go get her and see what she’s up to.”

    When we walked into the shoe store, we saw Sabrina carrying a picture of the 

left shoe found at the crime scene. It was a brown Merrell. 

“There you are! What are you doing here? We’ve been looking everywhere for 

you!” I said.

“It’s a long story. While you were talking to Mr. Brown, I went inside the Music 

Awards studio to check out the clues. When I saw the shoe, it came to me! I 

could take a picture of the shoe and go to the stores that sell Merrells. I’m 

asking all the store managers if they have seen a man or woman wearing a black 

fedora. If they remembered a customer like that, maybe we could trace them 

down!” Sabrina said.

“WOW! Sabrina, you are brilliant!” I exclaimed.

“Thanks, now let me do my magic on the final store that sells Merrells!”

    Sabrina walked over to the manger and asked: 

“Hello ma’am. I’m Sabrina Bush and I would like to ask you a few questions 

about your customers.”

“Oh sure, little sweetheart! My name is Mrs. Savory. What would you like to 

know?” she said in a sweet and loving voice.

“Have you seen a man or woman wearing a black fedora buying Merrells? Did 

you ever meet somebody scary or suspicious?” 

“Well, cutie pie, I’ve worked here for so long, I’m not so sure I can remember 

that well. Let’s look at the security camera recordings from the past two 

weeks.” 

“Great!” said Sabrina. 

    I went to review the security recordings, too. There were many people, many 

hats and many suspects. Sabrina looked very confused and was getting 

frustrated. 

“Will this video move on already!? If it doesn’t finish soon, I won’t have time 

to go shopping!” Sabrina whined.

“Be patient, Sabrina, will you?! If we find a man or woman wearing a black 

fedora, you can go. But for now we need you here.

“Sweet girls! Take a look at the screen. Who do you think that man is?” said 

Mrs. Savory.

Chapter 4 

    All of our mouths dropped wide open. On the screen was a man with a 

black fedora, a wad of money, and buying a pair of brown Merrells. 

“That’s the robber! That’s who stole the dresses! Jessie, Mr. Brown! 

Come here! We have some very important news!” I screamed.

“Oh my gosh! That’s the man who ruined my future!” Jessie yelled. 

“Wow, I can’t believe you actually found him,” said Mr. Brown.

“Oh, sweeties! I’m so glad you found what you were looking for,” Mrs. 

Savory said.

    We were so excited we couldn’t control ourselves. We hugged each 

other and jumped around in circles. 

“Mrs. Savory, may we please look at the list that shows who has been 

here so we may find the name for the robber?"

“Sure! Let’s see, Mr. Bob, Ms. Jefferson... Oh dear! Dr. Murray bought a 

brown pair of Merrells.

“Exactly who we are looking for. Dr. Murray, here we come!” I yelled.

    The other customers probably thought we were crazy but we didn’t care. We 

exited the store joyfully because we were proud of ourselves.

“Bye Mrs. Savory. Thank you so much for helping us! Enjoy your day.” I said.

“You’re welcome, come back again cutie pie!” Mrs. Savory said.

“I can’t thank you enough, Sabrina!” Jessie said as she hugged her. 

“Well, it looks like things going to be ok now,” Mr. Brown said.

“Guys, listen to this. When I was looking at the clues I also found I knife in 

Lady Gaga’s room. Before we all get excited about knowing who stole the 

dresses, we need to figure out why Dr. Murray might have had a knife,” said 

Sabrina.

“Maybe Dr. Murray had the knife for protection -- to kill anybody that might 

see him. It would be easier for him to get away that way... hey, that rhymes!” 

said Jessie.

“Let’s go find Dr. Murray.”

Chapter 5

“What if it’s too late when we find Dr. Murray?” Jessie asked. 

“What if he’s already done something to the dresses?

“What exactly are we going to do?” Sabrina asked.

“I’m not so sure yet... but it’ll be good. Trust me,” I said.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa there, Brooke. I thought you had this all planned 

out!?” said Mr. Brown.

“Wellll... I really don’t have anything. Why don’t we look at the 

picture of the knife?”

    The picture showed a tiny piece of meat on the knife. 

“Of course! Dr. Murray must have used the knife to cut the meat 

dress,” figured Sabrina.

“Seems like we’ve made good progress on the case. Let’s go home 

and give ourselves a break for the day,” I said.

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