Detective

Twelve years old

"Ruby! Wake up, it's time for your breakfast!" My mother shouted across the long hallway. I rubbed my eyes , my sight still staying blurry. The bright morning light of the sun shine upon my face as I rubbed my eyes once more. My legs slowly sliding to the side of my bed as my body came along, slipping my feets in my comfy night slippers. "Ruby! If you are not going to come out right now, your father is going to eat your breakfast! " I opened my eyes immediately, remembering that today's breakfast is my favourite bacon and cheese bread. My legs moved like machines and ran through the long hallway, leaving echoes of footstep behind me.

I reached my dining table and to my surprise , I found my plate missing. "Where is my plate? Has father ate my breakfast already?" I said , frowning. My mother chuckled and said " No , you silly! It's still in the oven!" My ugly face turned to a bright smile immediately. My father laughed and hugged me, taking his metallic black suitcase and set off to the airport , telling me how many presents he would buy for me as today is his business trip to Sydney. "Ding" the oven sounded. I jumped out of my seat and put my face near to the oven , admiring my breakfast while the heat from the oven, travelled onto my face , making me fell the warmth. The smell of cheese and bacon filled the dining room , turning my face into a big smile that almost fill up my whole face.

My mother take out my breakfast and put it on the plate in front of me. I gobbled down my breakfast while mother promised to bring me out to cheer me up because of  my father's departure. I went back to my room and changed into my usual outfit : plain white shirt, blue jeans and a leathery brown belt. I carried my purple bag along my way and headed to the dining room. Mother was still eating her breakfast, she was always the slowest in our family although she starts first. Luckily I did not inherit that from her. My mother saw my excited face , she quickly gobbled down her food and ran to her room to change. Though she did all these things quickly , she exactly took ten minutes.

" Ruby, I'm done , let's head off to emerald shopping mall. "Emerald shopping mall is our town's most famous , it have almost everything in it.  When we reached emerald shopping mall through the bus , we shopped like crazy. Almost at every store, we bought at least five items. For lunch , I had macaroni and cheese , it was so delicious. For dinner , I had bolognise, it was like the best of all that I ever tasted. Well, I have to say, it was my best day ever. We took the last bus back home and are so exhausted. " Have you enjoyed your day , darling?" Mother asked me when we are at the dining room. I nodded my head and went back to my room. After changing my clothes , I lay on my bed , staring at the plain white ceiling above. Soon , I drifted off to a deep sleep...

"Ruby, it's time for school , quick get up." My mother said ,loudly . I opened my tired eyes , it was Wednesday , exactly three days ago I was shopping like crazy at emerald shopping mall. The first thing I saw was mom, she stood at the side of the bed , waiting for me to wake up. I gathered all the morning energy that I had to stand up and changed my clothes into Evergreen Primary School's uniform. Grabbing my school bag on my way, I headed towards the dining room while mother followed behind. She has already prepared a plate of butter bread for both of us. I sat on my chair and ate my food slowly , having my eyes half-closed. "Ruby, you have to hurry up , you are going to be late if you continue to eat slowly like that ." Mother said. Taking her advice , I eat faster , almost gobbling down my food.

I then took my bag and wave a good bye to my mother before leaving. The bell of Evergreen Primary School for assembly rang throughout the town. I made a beeline towards my school and to my hall. I lowered down my bag on the floor and sat next to my best friend, Luna Scarlet. "Wow, Ruby. You are so much earlier today, though the bell have already rang." Luna said, winking her right eye at me. I laughed. "School, please stand up now." One of the teacher-in-charge of assembly said. After the boring school song , all of us sat down and wait for the teacher to let us leave. "Class 6A, please leave the hall and proceed to you class." We stand up and followed our form teacher , Mrs Christina Florentine towards our class. 

After greeting Mrs Christina, she walked towards me with a sadden face and said ," Ruby, can we talk outside for a while? It's urgent." Seeing her face expression, I knew something was real wrong. We walked towards the corridor outside the classroom with everyone looking at me as if I was in trouble. "Ruby , some things I would not like to say..." Mrs Christina stammered. "What is it?" I asked , out of curiosity. " I received a phone call from your mother , she says that you need to be back home immediately...as there are some family issues, I hope it is nothing at all, bad." She finally said it all out.  I showed her a surprise look and went back to the classroom to pack my bag. Why would there be family issues when my father is not around? I wondered while waving a good bye to Mrs Christina and head back to the entrance of the school. 

I walked along the cemented platform towards my house. When I reached my house, I opened the door and saw my mothers sadden face. She saw me and immediately hugged me, saying in a soft voice ,"Why? Why must this happen now?" I was totally surprised. I pulled her away and asked, "What is that family issue all about? Why are you crying too?" Once mother saw my I-do-not-know-anything face, she finally realise she have not told me about it. "Oh..Well, your father...was...murdered and..he passed away..his assistant called me, finding his body in his hotel room, dead." My face turned to a total shock face," No, this can't be true, it's all a lie!" I shouted. My mother comforted me and said," Ruby, I know this is sudden and I'm shocked and sad too, but this is true." No, this can't be true, why now? Why did this happen? Why would a person kill a innocent businessman? I thought to myself.

Suddenly feeling my legs weaken, I fell to the ground, trying to calm myself down. Mother lowered and stood beside me, still crying. "I know, this has happen all of a sudden..but I hope we can overcome from this, if you can do it, I can too." She said in a comforting voice. I nodded my head and agree. We cannot do anything , now that my father has passed away, we cannot ask him to come back too, so , we only have to get over it.

After a few days of absence from school, my mother and I have probably overcome it. So, today I have to go back to school, but something keeps bothering me. Who is that person who killed my father? Why did he even kill my father? My mind was filled with tons of questions..

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