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    “Oh, good. Are you coming up with some great designs?” She questioned. “I was thinking. Maybe we could do a pendent for a necklace or something.”
    “Maybe.” I responded, not knowing if I should ask her if she took the Spinet or not. “How wide is it?”
    I figured if she had it she could measure it. Not that I really cared how wide it was. I just needed to know that she took it.
    “I don’t know. Measure it.” Marlene said, confirming she didn’t have it.
    Damn, damn, damn!
    “Is that all you need?” I had to get off the phone before I had a heart attack. “Gotta go.”
    I hung up the phone and started to cry.

Chapter Six
     
     
    I sat on the floor of the bead shop for what seemed like hours, but in reality was only twenty minutes. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me who could’ve taken it. Even Willow didn’t come to my side.
    “I know you are hungry and want to go home.” I looked over at my little pink pig who looked pitiful. She wasn’t used to going so long without eating. Me neither. I put my finger in my waist band. It felt a little loose. Maybe all this stress was going to help me loose a little.
    Or jail would. Once Marlene finds out that her jewel was missing, I’m sure she’d bat her fake lashes and have Noah Druck arrest me.
    Let’s see. I got up and jotted down a time line. After the teenagers left, I went into the office and the Spinet was still there. It was still there when Cheri took Willow on her walk, but I didn’t check after the walk.
    I jotted Cheri’s name on the paper as a possible suspect.
    Bernadine was in charge of the money, but the money was still there. Surely Bernadine didn’t take it, but out of all the Divas she’d know the difference between a glass bead and real stone.
    I jotted Bernadine’s name down.
    Ginger cleaned the floor, but didn’t go into the office. So she didn’t make the list.
    Sean. Enough said. His name goes on automatically. After all, I had believed he wasn’t cheating all those years.
    Flora. She did take the projects back to the storage room and she would’ve passed the office.
    So, I jotted her name down.
    I looked my list over again. Cheri, Bernadine, Sean, and Flora.
    Could a Diva really have done this? I tapped my pen on the paper. How was I going to figure out who did this?
    I checked my watch. It was 5 p.m. Surely I could stop by their house and just see how each of them acted around me.
    I looked outside. The snow was coming down in huge flakes, covering everyone’s footprints.
    “Come on, Willow. If we are going to stop by all these houses before dark, we better get going.” I folded the paper and put it in my pocket. “Willow?”
    Normally my sweet swine would have already been at my feet. She must have been really crabby.
    I walked back to the office where she was fast asleep. The walk must’ve worn her out. I picked her up, and carried her out of the shop. I locked the front door and carried her to the car.
    “I’ll take you home first.” I patted her sweet hungry belly and headed to the cabin.

Chapter Seven
     
     
    Poor Willow was so tired from her walk with Cheri, she just wanted to go lay down in the bedroom. It was already 5:30 and I was running out of daylight.
    First stop. Asshole.
    I parked the Focus right behind his beat up truck. It looked like he was home alone. I didn’t want to interrupt any hanky panky with any of his women.
    Quietly, I knocked on the door.
    “Well, well.” Sean opened the door, his hand held the door open as he leaned on the doorframe.
    It was hard not to notice his tanned biceps. I had heard that he’d been going to Tan Your Hide. I wasn’t sure if he was tanning or going down there to flirt with one of the community college girls.
    “Have you come to your senses and want to come home?” He asked.
    I wanted to smack that grin off his face.
    “No.” I barged into what was once my home.
    I couldn’t just tell him what I was there for. He already denied going