"What?!" Erin exclaimed. "Your, your money is gone?!" "Yes," grandmother said, opening her purse. "Wait a minutes, what's that?" Delia said, pointing to a earing at the bottom of the purse. Ava gasped. "It's my earing! Why is it there?" Jason sneered as he pointed at Ava with his fingers. "That's because you stole it, theif." "Shd did not!" Lina shouted, glaring at Jason. "You probably stole it and now your trying to blame Ava!" "Oh yeah? Prove that I did it!" Jason shot back. "Be quiet!" Hazel shouted. "Grandma, do you have something to tell us?" "Yes," grandmother said, "Nobody stole my money, I probably left it somewhere." "How do you know?" Erin asked. "Someone could've stole it." "No," grandmother said firmly, "They couldn't have. I put my purse on my desk while I get dressed. Then I put the money in my purse, and stuck the purse in my pocket since, so nobody could've stole it. It's probably my memory loss. I have it often, since I'm getting older," "No, it isn't your memory loss," Delia said, "If nobody put a hand on your purse, how did Ava's earing get in there?" "Delia!" Lina exclaimed. "You aren't suspecting that Ava did it!" "No, I'm just asking HOW it got there since grandma had put her purse in her pocket," "Delia is right," Hazel said, "Even if Ava hadn't done it, somebody must have put it there that we'll think Ava did it." "But who could've and how?" Erin asked. "That's what we're going to find out," Delia said, "We have five suspects, Jason, Fredrick, Ava, Clare, and Lina." "But why Fredrick? He left here about 1 hour ago!" Clare said. "Grandma, when did you put your money in your purse?" Hazel asked. "About 30 minutes ago." Grandmother answered. "Then we could get Fredrick off thel list." Delia said, "Again. The suspects are Jason, Clare, Ava, and Lina." "But Ava couldn't have stole it!" Lina protested, "She was with me the whole time I was playing 'Catopia' on my phone!" "How do you know?" Delia asked. "Because I was playing against her." "But how could we know your not lying?" Delia asked, staring suspiciously at Lina. "Because-" "Lina is my cousin! How could you suspect her!" Erin said. "But Jason, Clare, and Ava are your cousin too, and you don't said about them." "Well-" "A good detective must suspect everybody, even though that person is really close to you." "But-" Hazel put a hand on Erin. "Yes, it's hard, but your a detective Erin. You should bravely face the truth, even though it's unbelievable." "Then I quit being a detective!" Erin shouted as she stood up. But when she stood up, dollar bills poured from her pocket, and everyone stared at Erin in shock. "Huh?!" Erin said, staring at her pocket in shock.