"The ring your friend said is missing, how much is it worth?"
"Couple thousand, I guess... it was a white gold band with black diamonds and sapphires around the outside... it's the only thing I have of my Moms and I kept it in my nightstand draw whenever I went in the shower so I wouldn't lose it and I just forgot to put it back on last night... nobody knows I kept it there, though."
"Are you insinuating that somebody you know stole the ring and damaged your property?" He kinda sounded sexy when he spoke all sophisticated like that and I found myself blushing for no reason. Damn hormones. I shrugged my shoulders.
"I don't know... possibly, but I don't know that many people and only... really one of those people knows the full truth about what happened to me."
"Demetria, it was all over the newspapers. I may have only been a boy myself, but you learn about cases like your fathers when you join the police forc-" I cut him off, shaking my head.
"You heard what happened that day. I'm talking about in general... what he did before, during and after that day happened... you can't find my ring, can you?" I guessed and Joe sighed.
"We can get a forensic team in to check the apartment for fingerprints, but whoever did this is definitely an expert. Nobody saw or heard anything, the lock was picked and not broken... I'm sorry Miss Lovato, but your ring is going to be very hard to track down, especially since as it was the only thing taken." Joe said and tears ran down my cheeks faster as I nodded my head.
"Can you just go now?" I asked, my voice low and shaky. Joe nodded his head and got up from my bed. He went to say something but he stopped himself, heading out of my bedroom without saying another word and I just lay down on the bed and sobbed, my stomach hurting because I was crying so hard and not being able to catch my breath, but I didn't care.
A few minutes later, Kristen came back into my bedroom.
"He's gone, sweetie." She said softly and I just nodded, still crying and I cuddled up to her when she lay in the bed beside me. "I'm so sorry." She whispered, so I guess she knew that I wasn't going to get my Moms ring back. I just cried into her chest, clinging onto her as her arms were around me, until I fell asleep.