The Case of the Cat Show Princess by Cindy Vincent

Author:Cindy Vincent [Vincent, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781932169263
Publisher: Mysteries by Vincent, LLC
Published: 2011-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Holy Catnip! I stared at my Mom’s wrist. I just didn’t want to believe that her bracelet was really gone. Instead I sort of hoped we might be in the middle of a magic show. And maybe somebody would yell “Ta-da!” and her bracelet would appear back on her wrist again.

But it didn’t happen that way.

Felicia touched my Mom’s arm. “My dear, what happened to your bracelet?”

Tears formed in my Mom’s eyes. “It’s missing. I know I was wearing it earlier. But now it’s gone.”

Gracie gave my Mom a quick hug. “It can’t be far away, Mom. I’ll trace our steps and see if I can find it.”

My Mom kissed the top of her head. “Thanks, honey, that would be great.”

Gracie turned and started walking in the direction of the Agility area. She kept her chin down and her eyes to the floor. I watched her head move from side to side, and I could tell she was searching every inch of that floor.

Now Felicia put her arm around my Mom’s shoulders. “What did your bracelet look like, dear?”

My Mom wiped away a couple of tears. “It was about a hundred years old. And it was gold with several nice diamonds in it. Plus there were daisy designs in the gold.”

“That’s a good description,” Felicia said. “Now don’t worry, Abigail. I’ll make an announcement over the loud speaker. We’ll find your bracelet.”

And that’s when I noticed something really strange. The Count had suddenly become very, very quiet. I could hardly believe it. Especially since he’d been so upset only a few minutes ago. He’d been yelling and shouting and making a huge fuss. Besides that, he’d absolutely insisted that I get thrown out of the cat show.

But now he was silent.

What was going on?

He took a step back from my Mom and Felicia. Then he stared at me with his mean, dark eyes. It gave me the shivers. Because, to tell you the truth, I got the feeling he wanted to smack me like he almost smacked the Princess.

Just the thought of him raising a hand to the Princess made me mad. And being mad gave me courage that I didn’t even know I had.

So I stood up tall and stared right back at him. Somebody needed to teach this Count a lesson. And if that somebody was me, well, so be it!

But before I could make a move, the Count made a funny grunting sound and stuck his nose up in the air. Then he spun around on his heel and marched off.

Bogey touched me on the shoulder. “I smell something fishy here, kid.”

I wasn’t sure what he was getting at. “Lunch?” I asked him.

Bogey shook his head. “Nope, kid. About the bracelet. Our Mom would never lose that bracelet. She has a safety chain on it. So if the latch ever comes undone, the chain keeps the bracelet from falling off her wrist.”

I nodded. “I know. I can’t believe she lost it.”

Bogey glanced outside our cage. “Me neither, kid.

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