Flossie struggled to free her wrists from the string that had been used to tie them behind her back as she sat gagged with a handkerchief covering her mouth. Her unstealthy detective skills had landed her in trouble as she watched the men carrying the stolen computer monitors out of the abandoned house she had decided to snoop around on her way to the ice cream parlor that hot July morning and she accidently tripped and knocked over a trashcan which alerted the men and led to her being chloroformed and waking up to find herself gagged in a chair with her hands tied behind her back suddenly Flossie started to cry as she realized nobody knew where she was so her chances of rescue were not very likely as she hung her head and closed her eyes and stopped struggling as she accepted her fate while the men were discussing what to do with the nosy 7 year old girl.
Just leave her to roast to death said the man who seemed to be in charge by the time somebody finds her we will be long gone he said as he stared at the blond haired blue eyed pigtailed girl with the pink hair ribbons and the matching pink short sleeve dress and the black mary jane flats one last time as he closed the door and their footsteps faded away suddenly she heard the sound of sirens and a few seconds later the door opened and a police officer entered accompanied by a red haired boy who lived next door to her Flossie are you allright the boy asked as he removed her gag Robbie how did you know I was here she asked I followed you when I saw you dropped this he said as he held up her wallet that she had unknowingly dropped on the sidewalk when she left her house then he untied her hands here drink this as he held up a bottle of water and Flossie took a big gulp thank you she said and when her hands were free she hugged Robbie you are a lucky young lady to have such a good friend the officer said as they left the house and Flossie saw her captors in police custody as they glared angrily at the girl while they were being put into the back of a squad car come on Flossie lets go have some ice cream and its my treat Robbie said as he took her hand and she smiled lets go she told him and he glanced at the girl he had a crush on since the day he moved in next door to her and they headed for the dairy queen
