HKYWA 2014 Online Anthology (Fiction 1-2) - page 249

visited them. You’re … the thief.”
“It’s not me!” Lydia croaked.
“I have small feet, unlike the huge footprints!”
“Ah, the footprints. I have an idea. You sat down on … that box when we came in.” Helen
walked over to the box and lifted the cap. There were a pair of large shoes.
“I had to do it! My family was poor, and I had no choice! The camels … are in my shed,” Lydia
cried. Officer Emerson handcuffed Lydia and took her away.
Alan and Helen high-fived each other.
“Mystery solved!”
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