chapter 8

  We turned around to see who screamed. We were surprised to see Emily sprawled on the ground. We ran up to her . When we got closer we could hear her crying.
    " Emily! What happened?" I asked
    " A person...came.....took my purse-!" she managed before she burst into tears again.
    " What would they want to take?" asked Mary.
   " How about we ask her some questions after we get her of the ground." I suggested.  Mary and I grabbed her by her elbows and shoulders and  got her on her feet.
    " There's a bench over there." said Mom. We walked over to the bench and set her down.
    " What would they want to take?" repeated Mary.
    " My.....My....My....Money!" she sobbed.
    " Well you didn't have a whole lot in there did you? " Asked Rachel " 'Cause that would have been really stupid!"
   " I .... Was....going... to ...go.... Buy a car.... there was $20,000 in cash in there!" she said. She  stopped crying but she was still a little bit hard to understand.
    " WHAT?" she looked like the painting  'The Scream'  when she said that.  " You should know better than to carry around cash....especially that much cash...." said Rachel.
    " This is Texas not New York....Rachel..." I said.
  " It doesn't matter... you really shouldn't do that." she said .
  "  At least I put my wallet in my pocket...." she said.
   " So then you still have the 20 grand?"
   " No they got it." she said looking like a little two year old  who lost her toy.
  " Well, that's odd...  did you see the person?"
  " Why should I tell you?" she asked
  " Because we will take you home if you do." I said
 " Wait a minute...when did I agree to this?" asked Mom
  " Just now ... tell us Emily"I said
   "Fine...I could see wispy blond -white hair, it was a girl, and she looked really familiar."
   " Wait , that's it? We're driving you home for that?" asked Rachel" That's crazy I'm not doing it!"
  " Let it go Rachel...that's all she noticed....but honestly, that wasn't a lot of information so I have one more question. Why were you on the ground?" I asked
   " This better be the last question...when I was going  after her to try to get my purse back I tripped.....can we go now?" she asked . so we walked over to the car and got in. Right as soon as we got in , Emily and Rachel started arguing about who is going to sit where ...I was about to yell SHUT UP but mom did first and we all settled down. 

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      Emily can be very annoying on car rides. She gave Mom the directions to her house, and Mom was doing pretty well for never being to this place before or not knowing the streets of Texas, but Emily kept on getting mad whenever Mom missed a turn or turned the wrong way. Finally we were there and when I saw the house my only thought was .......WOW.....