Detective Pin: The Memory Thief (Book 4 of the Detective Pin Quadrilogy)

Chapter Six: The Necklace

Starring: Jasper, Tobuscus, Willow, and Sophie

-Willow's POV-

Instead of complaining about how I missed my flight by mysteriously waking up on the ground, I'm going to tell you that Tobuscus guy is going crazy. For the last five hours, Tobuscus has been trying to convince us that Sophie and I had a brother named Noah, and that Noah was one of their closest friends. Man, I haven't even met a 'Noah' in my life. I used to think he was a pretty great guy, but ever since I discovered his craziness, I couldn't keep my mind off him. Not in a good way. He's kind of freaking me out, actually.

"JASPER, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME!" Yelled Tobuscus from outside of Willow's place.

Willow got up from the kitchen table, and went to the window.

There he is again. He's chasing Jasper right now. Poor kid...

*swing!*

"Leave him alone, Tobuscus!" Willow yelled, swinging open the door.

Tobuscus stopped and looked at her.

For some reason, he listens to me a lot better than anyone else. Maybe when he went crazy, he somehow now sees me as his Queen or something.

Suddenly, Tobuscus started to run for her door.

"Not again... Sophie, get the two by fours!"

Sophie came in with the wood.

*knock knock knock!*

Tobuscus knocked on the door as Willow and Sophie bolted the door shut.

"We don't want your wisdom!" Sophie yelled.

"Please! Don't you find it mysterious that you woke up on the ground this morning!?" Tobuscus asked.

Willow and Sophie stopped for a second.

"You probably kidnapped us!" Willow yelled

"No, I would never do that! I swear, I'm not lying!"

"That's what all the inmates say!" Sophie yelled as she continued to hammer the planks in the door.

"Guys, I'm not going to break in!" Tobuscus yelled in frustration.

"Yeah!? That's what my best friend said before she broke into my house that night and stole my whole seashell collection!" Sophie explained.

*crash!*

Tobuscus tackled through their window.

"What did I say?" Sophie said.

"What the heck, Tobuscus!" Willow screamed.

"You guys need to listen to me!"

"We did! We don't believe you! Case closed!"

This cat is crazier than I thought. Crashing through our big front window! I'm am NOT paying for that!

"Get out!!" Willow yelled in anger.

"Listen to me now!" Tobuscus demanded.

"Sophie, call the police!" Willow demanded.

Sophie took out her phone and dialled 911.

"Please, I'm sorry! Just listen to me! I'm not crazy!" Tobuscus explained.

Willow was about to yell at him to get out of their house again, but she noticed something hanging from his neck.

"What's that?" Willow asked, pointing at Tobuscus' neck.

"What? This?" He asked, holding it in front of him.

Willow came closer to Tobuscus, further inspecting it.

"This was our mother's..." Willow whispered.

"Our what now?" Sophie asked, running over to see what she was looking at.

"Yeah, it was," Tobuscus admitted.

"You robbed our mom!" Sophie yelled.

"No, you doofus! Noah gave it to me before his pass," Tobuscus explained, backing away from them.

"But it was our mom's," Willow said.

"Yeah, but she handed it down to Noah when she died. And when he died-"

"He gave it to you...." Willow interrupted.

"Yes!" Tobuscus yelled.

As Willow stared at the golden necklace that said "hope", she felt memories slowly coming back to her.

"Hey, Uh. Can I get some space," Tobuscus said, waking up Willow from another world.

A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Oh, my word!!" Willow yelled.

"Whoa! Geez, sorry!"

"Sophie, Noah's real!" Willow announced.

"What!?" Sophie yelled in confusion.

"It's about time, Willow!" Tobuscus yelled.

Willow shoved Sophie's face to the necklace, ignoring Tobuscus' last comment.

Sophie was annoyed at first, but then her face changed. She placed the necklace in her palm. She closed it, and whispered something in a different language.

"Uh.. What was that?" Tobuscus asked.

"A prayer," Sophie announced, slipping the necklace out of her palm.

"Oh. Huh. So you guys believe now, right?" Tobuscus asked.

"Yup," they both said in unison.

"So I don't need to pay for the window?"

"Oh, you'll still need to pay for that," Willow laughed.

Tobuscus reached for his wallet to see if he had any money left.

Willow places her paw on his arm.

"I'm kidding, man. You helped us remember one of the most important people in our lives..."

Tobuscus and Willow blushed.

"One of the most important people?! Wow, what a sister you are."

All three of them started to laugh.

After they finished laughing, Tobuscus said,

"Now, let's go get the others and catch this memory thief!"