When she got back home, she emptied her purse out onto her bed.
The gold statue stared back at her.
She stood up and walked away, walked into the bathroom and stared in the mirror.
She saw a frazzled, nervous, scared teenage girl.
Her eyes darted back to her room across the hall.
She turned the faucet on and splashed some water onto her face.
It didn't help.
She was still a thief.
She went back into her room.
The statue was still there, laying on her bed.
She closed her eyes and packed everything back into her purse.
Lying down on her bed, she curled up and thought about everything.
Maybe if she went to sleep, maybe then she'd feel better about this.
Maybe everything would be better in the morning.
She drifted away.
Morning came too soon, and she felt worse.
It was Saturday, so she got up late.
Her dad was downstairs, watching some show on TV.
As she got out her breakfast she realized what he was watching.
"Last night," the news anchor reported, "a gold statue was stolen from..."
She'd heard enough.
She brought her cereal with her into bed.
Her dad eventually came up to talk to her. "You're not feeling well?"
"Yeah," she answered.
Which was the truth.
"A statue was stolen from the mansion last night, did you know that?"
She knew he was only trying to make conversation but it still made her feel terrible.
She didn't trust herself to speak so she shook her head instead.
Her dad kept talking.
"Well, apparently they'll be searching around for the culprit.
We're pretty sure it's not KID because he only steals what he says he will."
At least KID was honest.
Around noon she got out of bed again.
She was nervous about what she should do.
She couldn't give the statue back, because then they'd arrest her.
It wouldn't matter that she gave it back, because she was a thief.
KID was still a thief, even though he gave things back.
She was no different.
She sat at the dining table for a while, contemplating her options.
She figured that she could always throw it away.
But then what was the point of stealing it?
Everything was warped and weird and wrong.
She put her head down and groaned.
What did she get herself into?