Chapter 4

Mouth, Jamie, and Chuck were sitting down on Mouth's couch.

"Why would Victoria accuse my son of stealing the watch?" Mouth asked.

"You know Victoria," Jamie said. "She's not the friendliest person."

"Maybe she just misplaced the watch," Chuck said. "It'll be okay Mouth."

"Chuck," Jamie said. "That was really nice."

"I'm trying to be nice and act like a grown up," Chuck said.

Jimmy and Millie arrived home and Jimmy ran to Mouth.

"Daddy!" Jimmy cheered.

"Hey son," Mouth said. "How was soccer?"

"It was awesome!" Jimmy cheered.

"He scored the winning goal," Millie said.

"I'm so proud of you buddy," Mouth said. "Hey listen. I'm not accusing you, I'm just asking. Remember last night when we ate dinner at your Aunt Brooke's house?"

"Yes," Jimmy replied.

"Now after dinner, Victoria realized her watch was missing," Mouth said. "Did you take it?"

"Of course not," Jimmy said. "Taking things that don't belong to you is wrong."

"Good," Mouth said. "Now give Daddy a big hug."

Mouth and Jimmy shared a hug.

"I love you Daddy," Jimmy said.

"I love you too," Mouth said. "Now go take a shower and then I'll make your favorite lunch to celebrate your big win."

"Yay!" Jimmy cheered as he ran upstairs.

"Walk please," Millie said.

"Well, I'm glad that's settled," Mouth said.

"Dang," Chuck said. "That kid is one good liar."

"Why would you say that?" Jamie asked.

"Yeah," Mouth said. "My son would never do something like that."

"Yeah," Millie agreed. "He wouldn't steal."

"I'm sorry," Chuck said. "I used to take stuff all the time that didn't belong to me when I was Jimmy's age and I was really good at lying about it. Follow me."

Mouth, Millie, and Jamie followed Chuck upstairs to Jimmy's room. Chuck examined the floorboards.

"Aha!" Chuck said pointing at the floorboard by Jimmy's bed.

Chuck lifted up the floorboard and reached his hand down the hole.

"What are you doing?" Mouth asked.

Chuck pulled out a golden watch and handed it to Mouth. Mouth looked at the watch and read the name engraved on it.

"Victoria Davis," Mouth said in a shocked tone. "He did take it."