The Sticky SituationBy: Samantha N.

It was a normal day in Dequincy, Louisiana. The weather was hot, sunny, and humid.

My name is Lucy Goodman. I have brown hair and rosy red cheeks. My mom has brown hair too! My rosy red cheeks are horrible!! I look like a clown compared to people in school. I would surely change those if I could.

My best friend ever is Tinti Lastimac. She has blonde hair and freckles.

We both love anything to do with detectives and detective cases. One day, we had the perfect opportunity…

I was running to Cropper’s to get macaroni and cheese for dinner. It’s my favorite and we always get it just for my birthday. My birthday is tomorrow and I am prepared for my special day.

I was exhausted when I got up there. I was so athletic and healthy but I didn’t understand why I was so tired.

As I ran up, I saw police cars and Mr. Lastimac’s car. He was a detective. I was so excited! I knew maybe I could help Mr. Lastimac solve whatever happened in Cropper’s. Tinti was probably there because she always looks for opportunities to help her dad with crime scenes.

“Hey Tinti. What happened now?” I asked.

“Someone stole forty packs of gum. Who would do that? My dad is working things out with Stank Louis, the owner,” said Tinti.

Stank Louis worked for my dad. Dad makes popcorn and Stank happens to sell my dad’s.

“Okay sir. Did you see who stole the gum?” Mr. Lastimac asked.

“No and we didn’t have surveillance cameras up,” Stank said.

I looked down and I heard a crunch, it was a receipt. It said that someone bought popcorn. This could be anyone’s receipt. However, the name Lindsey F. at 6:52 p.m on 10/2/10 appeared at the bottom. That was just today! I walked over to Tinti’s dad.

“Mr. Louis, do you have an employee named Lindsey F.?” I asked.

“As a matter of fact, I do. She’s a cashier and I think she’s still here,” Stank said.

“May I talk to her?”

“Sure. She’s in the 6th check out line.”

I walked over to her. Lindsey was filing her nails. I had to disturb this snobby looking woman.

I was going to ask her questions that a real detective would.

“Excuse me, are you Lindsey F.?”

“Yes. Why would a girl your age need me?” Lindsey asked in a princess fashion.

“I am Lucy Goodman and I have some questions to ask you.”

“Okay. Go ahead.”

“This girl was being so snobby,” I thought to myself. “I wonder why. I should just ask her and get out of here.”

“Okay. Were you here at 6:52 p.m today with someone who bought popcorn?” I questioned her very carefully.

“Yeah. There were two women. One woman was like 29; blonde hair, blue eyes, and glasses. The other had purple eyes, short, black hair, and looked 31.”

“Thank you. That’s all.”

I was glad to leave. I needed to go to my house and look over these clues. I thought maybe Tinti wanted to come.

“Tinti, want to come over? I have some clues,” I said.

“Yeah. Let me ask my dad!” Tinti exclaimed.

As Tinti went to ask, I saw Joe Brill. He was Amy Brill’s dad. He was talking to women that looked just like the description Lindsey told me in her aisle.

“Hey Tinti, come here!” I screamed at the top of my lungs.

“I can come over to your house. What did you call me for?” Tinti asked

“Look!”

I pointed over to where I saw Joe Brill, but no one was there.

“What am I looking at?” Tinti asked.

“They were there. I saw Amy’s dad and two women that looked just like the cashier said they did.” I said, almost crying.

I ran over and tripped on a pipe and Mr. Lastimac came over.

“Are you okay, Lucy?” Mr. Lastimac asked

“Yeah. I need a band-aid though. Must have been that penny I picked up,” I said laughing.

Tinti’s dad put a band-aid on me. I said thanks and he went back to work.

We went to my house and my dad was at the popcorn factory. I saw Mary playing solitaire. She was really concentrating, so I didn’t bother her.

“Tinti, let’s go inside,” I saidWe went inside and looked over the clues, then I told

her about Joe Brill.“He might be involved in the crime.” Tinti suggested.“Maybe he was just there, Lindsey said nothing about a

man,” I said.

We were so confused. Tinti was biting her pen. We ended up going back to Cropper’s.

“Girls, how are you?” Joe Brill asked.

He was getting interviewed by my BFF’s dad.

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“Why are you here?” Tinti asked“I saw my daughter and my girlfriend stealing gum. I

want to teach her a lesson by telling the police and Mr. Lastimac about Candi.”

“Amy stole gum?” I asked.

“No. My older daughter, Candi. Her breath is as bad as an old gym sock. Everyone doesn’t want to be near her unless she’s chewing gum. She’s broke though,” he said.

“Girls. Let me do this case,” Mr. Lastimac said.We walked away. I knew it was Ce-Ce and Candi. I met

them before.They both have bad breath. Luckily, I took a picture of

them both chewing gum and gum hanging out of their purse.

“Hey, girls. Do ya know where Joey is?” Ce-Ce Magenta asked

“Over there. We’ll show you,” Tinti said.

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I had no idea what she was doing. Ce-Ce and Candi were both wearing gloves. It was weird.

“Hey, Daddy,” Candi said.

“Hey, Dad. These lovely people are the perpetrators. I have proof,” Tinti said showing her dad the pictures of Candi and Ce-Ce picking up gum and chewing it.

“How did you do it?” Mr. Lastimac asked.

“Lucy did it all!”

“With the help of my worthy helper, Tinti,” I said.

Ce-Ce and Candi got arrested and had to return the gum. I was a detective for many other cases. Those are different stories.