Let's get back with Arnold's side of the story, may we?

Arnold was so busy putting on his clothes as he felt a little bit exhausted, but had enough energy to at least move. He had to admit, this was the most intense session he ever had with Lulu in the past two days he spent with her.

"I knew you'd slowly come to the idea of loving this feeling." Arnold's shoulder devil whispered with a grin on his face.

Arnold's shoulder angel didn't say anything. He was just sitting down, holding his head in pure defeat, knowing that his words wouldn't reach an otherwise infatuated Arnold.

Arnold smiled as he looked over at Lulu, who had just tied up her shirt in a knot. "Lulu, thank you for showing me this wonderful side of you."

"So, I take it you love me and the things I do to your body?" Lulu giggled. "Well, I only please the best for my boyfriend."

Arnold blushed heavily as he looked at the clock, noticing that three had struck. Arnold's eyes shrank as he realized what he had done. "I can't believe I played hooky again and skipped an entire day of school..."

"Was it worth it, though?" Lulu smiled as she pulled up her shirt and waved her breasts towards a leering Arnold.

Arnold could only follow the hopping breasts as a lovesick smile formed. "Yeah, it was totally worth it."

"Okay, sweetie, you better get out of the house and get back home at three-thirty so that nobody suspects you were gone." Lulu smiled. "But let's do this again, same time, same place?"

Arnold smiled as he gave a laugh. "Anything for you, sweetie."

Lulu gave a smirk as she leaned in and kissed Arnold on the lips. "Better yet... maybe we should meet tonight."

Arnold looked elated at that idea. "Sure! When and where?"

"Eight o'clock... at the dock where we had our first kiss." Lulu smiled. "I have a little surprise for you."

Arnold liked the idea of a surprise as he asked, "What are you going to do with Lila and your dad?"

"Oh don't worry. They'll be out by then, so they won't even know I've left." Lulu smirked at Arnold. "Remember, the docks at eight. Don't be late."

Arnold gave a happy nod towards Lulu as he grabbed his backpack and started to head out the door as he rounded the corner, skipping... just in time for Mr. Sawyer's car to round the corner on the other end and pull up.

Mr. Sawyer came in as he walked over with the keys and put them in as he jiggled the knob as he saw Lulu sitting on the couch, brushing her hair.

"Hi, sweetie. How was your day?" Mr. Sawyer asked.

"Oh, it was a little slow, but there were some bright spots." Lulu smiled.

Mr. Sawyer gave a nod to his daughter as he walked over to the other room... before stopping as he sniffed the air. "Do you smell something in this house?"

Lulu blinked in confusion as she sniffed the air. "I don't smell anything. Why?"

"I don't know... it just feels like an odd... smell... one that definitely wasn't in this house before..." Mr. Sawyer blinked. "Maybe it was just my imagination."

As Mr. Sawyer walked over to the bathroom to get his face washed, Lulu laid her head back with a smirk. He didn't suspect her secret, and it was likely staying that way.

As Arnold kept walking on his way back, his mind suddenly started thinking, not about Lulu, but about... someone else as he was looking down.

"I can't believe Helga's house would explode..." Arnold said in worry. "I wonder where the Patakis are going to live now... for that matter, what'll happen to Helga? I don't want to see her hurt..."

Arnold's shoulder angel and shoulder devil, upon hearing that, looked at each other in concern as well. As Arnold rounded the corner, he stopped short as all thoughts of Helga were almost forgotten. He noticed a police car was parked at the center of the road next to the Sunset Arms Boarding House as Arnold looked worried, wondering what was going on. He then started to feel nervous as he started to wonder something.

"You don't think his grandfather discovered the missing money, do you?" Arnold's shoulder devil asked.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK!?" Arnold's shoulder angel snapped at his shoulder devil.

Regardless, Arnold walked in and opened the door as he heard a lot of arguing.

"But I'm telling you, I don't have the money!" A voice with an accent said in a worried tone of voice.

"Well, who else could it have been? It sure wasn't me!" A snappy voice snapped.

"I was dragged out of work for this?" An Asian voice said out of annoyance.

Recognizing the arguing voices, Arnold ran towards the living room and noticed Oskar Kokoshka, Ernie Potts and Mr. Hyunh sitting on the couch with a couple of policemen sitting in front of the three as the men kept arguing. Arnold then noticed Arnold's grandfather and grandmother sitting nearby, with a frown on their face. Arnold went over to his grandparents, who looked at him with a small smile as Arnold asked, "What's going on?"

"Welcome home, Shortman." Phil gave a smile... before frowning. "You're not going to believe this, but today, I was looking at my safe to get the rent checks to the bank and found a thousand dollars had been stolen from my safe!"

Arnold gasped, "Oh my, that's horrible! What could have happened?"

"I don't know!" Phil said. "I noticed the counter inside the safe was down by a thousand, when it wasn't yesterday!"

"And I know I didn't take the money!" Gertie frowned.

"Right, because she would have blown UP the safe!" Phil frowned. "And there wasn't any sign of a break-in, so I concluded one of our boarder "friends" may have spied on me using the safe and took the money from us!"

"I'm telling you, Gramps, none of us even knew about the safe!" Ernie said in worry.

Arnold sat down in concern as he looked at Phil. "What's going to happen to the boarders if they are discovered with a stolen thousand?"

"Well, if I find the culprit, I'd evict them out of this building, right now, instantaneously!" Phil growled. "Let me tell you right now, Shortman, nobody steals from us and gets away with it!"

Arnold felt a pang of guilt ring from his heart as he looked down in disappointment.

"Hey, now's a good time to tell the truth and..." Arnold's shoulder angel assured him.

"...and get punished? HELL FREAKING NO! Cheese it!" Arnold's should devil screamed at Arnold as he pushed the shoulder angel aside.

Arnold got up as he said, "Well, good luck with finding whoever did it."

"Oh don't worry. We have several ways." Phil said darkly.

Arnold smiled nervously as he stepped out the door and started to run upstairs in worry. What he didn't know was that a policeman had noticed the kid running off quickly as he put his hand on his chin, frowning in suspicion.

Phil watched as the police continued interrogating the three boarders for a few minutes before one of the cops (the same one that spotted Arnold leaving) came over. "Well, do you know who did it?"

"Well, all of them seem to have solid alibis, but you never know." The cop said.

"Well, keep cracking those nuts! I want to see one of them be brought to justice!" Gertie shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Tone it down a little, Pookie." Phil said as the cop paused.

"Say, that little boy that just ran out of the room... he your grandson?" The cop asked.

"Oh... well, yes, his name's Arnold." Phil smiled. "Always been a sweet kid, loves helping people in their time of need."

"Really?" The cop said. "You know, I have heard rumors lately about kids that are sweet."

"You have?" Phil asked.

"Sure, sure. Eventually, they'll get bored of being sweet to others and they'll often devolve to... delinquent behavior." The cop said, getting Phil and Gertie's attention.

"We didn't know that." Phil said in surprise.

"Well, sometimes, a kid wants to be sweet to others, but then they get bored of their lives and eventually, they'll start doing things that interest them. There was a kid a few years ago who loved his parents, but then, something changed and he's now a wanted serial killer in at least three states." The cop said as Phil and Gertie's eyes widened. "There was also another kid who loved going to school... but then one day he skipped school to hang out with friends and did drugs. He was later found dead on the streets."

Phil and Gertie opened their mouths in shock.

"Then, there was this kid, who loved his father, but when he didn't get enough money, when he wasn't looking, he stole a lot of money and two credit cards from the man's wallet. He's now with a gang that robs banks." The cop said. "What I'm trying to say is is that your grandson may not be as innocent as he looks."

"Wait, you're saying it was ARNOLD who stole my money?" Phil said in shock. Then he scoffed and laughed, "Now that's just ridiculous! Arnold's a good boy."

"Is he? Or does he have some hidden purposes that even you don't know?" The cop asked. "We're going to take your boarders in for more questioning over at the station, but I'm just saying... keep an eye on your kid. See if he acts odd."

"Arnold is just fine, thank you very much. Now you get on going with these suspects!"

"But we didn't do it!" Ernie screamed as each cop had taken each boarder by their hands.

"Tell it at the station." The cop said as Phil and Gertie watched each boarder being led out.

Phil frowned as he crossed his arms. "Who does that cop think he is? Suspecting Arnold like that? Hmph! He's been a good boy for years! He's never done wrong once in his life, right Pookie?"

"Right!" Gertie frowned as she crossed her arms seriously.

Phil nodded as he started to walk out, thinking about take-out for dinner... but something in the back of his mind started to think of something as Phil looked concern that maybe... just maybe, the cop was right about Arnold... no, that was ridiculous... right?

Little does Phil know that what Arnold has engaged in is a little more than delinquent behavior... but we'll see what happens next time! Tune in next time!