This is Chapter 2 of my Decide Your Quest story, The Mystery of the Missing Amulet. In the last story, you, the main character, accidentally bid 150,000 dollars for an old Egyptian amulet. The readers voted for you to retract the bid and explain the mistake.
The Mystery of the Missing Amulet, Chapter 2: The Theft
You know you have to retract the bid: $150,000 is like ten years’ salary for you.
“I didn’t mean to bid,” you mumble.
“I’m sorry, sir,” the auctioneer says, “did you just say you want to raise your bid?”
You turn to Brittany to explain, when she puts a hand on your arm. “That was a noble gesture,” she says, “especially with the curse that is on that amulet. I’m so happy you’re going to buy it though.” She bats her eyelashes. She’s batting a thousand in your book.
“I’m just going to go talk to them about means of payment,” you say in a hoarse voice and walk quickly to the front.
“I wasn’t trying to bid,” you whisper to the auctioneer. He gives you a hard stare that reminds you of that one teacher from high school that still gives you nightmares. Yeah, you know the one. You start to fidget with your gun.
Bang!
Oops, you forgot to put the safety on when you were playing with it before and you just shot a hole in the floor. The assembled crowd of dignitaries and millionaires all start to scream like little girls and stampede towards the back of the room.
The auctioneer faints at the sheer impropriety of everything and you rush to try to catch him, except that your finger gets caught in the trigger and you shoot another hole in the floor. The auctioneer hits the ground pretty hard.
You turn and see that the amulet is gone. An auction house assistant is running off the stage to the left, talking on a cell phone. Brittany is running off the stage to the right.
She runs pretty well in that dress.
Pretty well indeed.
Sigh.
You slap yourself. This is the time for action. What should you do?
The Green-Walled Tower 
May 27th, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Good grief, you have waaaay too many upstanding citizens among your readers…
May 28th, 2013 at 9:47 am
I know, right? 🙂 I’m surprised by what people choose.
May 28th, 2013 at 4:17 am
😆 Brittany is the culprit me thinks!
May 28th, 2013 at 3:50 pm
just loved it, of course I will chase that girl! ha ha!
May 28th, 2013 at 7:33 pm
Voted for calling the police force too:) It could be Brittany… or maybe someone is using her to commit the actual theft.. waiting for the next one:)
May 28th, 2013 at 9:18 pm
Only need two more votes for Brittany!
Do you realize how tempted I am to use my other blog to put a second vote in right now?
May 28th, 2013 at 9:38 pm
🙂 Hey, if you feel that strongly about it. I’m trying to be neutral and not go vote myself 😉
May 29th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
This sounds like a love story to me! It’s always about the girl…:)
May 29th, 2013 at 5:42 pm
It may turn out to be. I guess it depends on if Brittany is a villain or not. 🙂
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:28 pm
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