Chapter 65
Lincoln and Jordan are both enjoying a relaxing moment together alone in the tree house, just them on the same bean bag chair, hands holding and the sun light upon them.
"This is nice" said Jordan.
"Yeah, our friends are busy, my sisters are busy and pretty much everyone else is busy" said Lincoln. "Just me and my beautiful lady".
Jordan giggles and settles down next to Lincoln, they both inch closer to kiss. Until Lincoln hears something.
He then pulls away and looks outside. "Umm Lincold? Is something wrong?" asked Jordan.
Even Patriot felt like there was a disturbance.
"I hear crying" said Lincoln. "And to sounds like Leni".
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go" said Jordan.
The two kids come down from the tree house with Patriot and they head into the house.
'So much for alone time together' they both say in their thoughts.
When they enter the kitchen they see Leni trying to make a smoothie but she ends up crying onto the floor.
The two of them rush to her and help her onto a chair. "Leni, what's wrong?" asked Lincoln.
"I-It was a-at m-my work!" said Leni as she continues to cry.
"What happened?" asked Jordan.
Then Luna comes down for a drink, then she sees Leni being comforted by Lincoln, Jordan and Patriot who's holding the box of tissues.
"Whoa! What happened here? And what's wrong sis?" asked Luna with concern.
"She said it all happened at work" said Jordan.
"What? But I thought things were going so well there" said Luna.
Leni then blows her nose onto a tissue. "They were, until this afternoon!"
She then tells them about what happened after she checked out Sadie with her purchases and helped give some fashion advice to some of the customers and then she tells them what Mrs. Carmichael said to her.
"Turns out there wasn't a scavenger hunt, she thinks I took the scarf's" said Leni as she blows her nose again and wipes her tears.
"What? Why would she think that?" asked Lincoln.
"They were all from my department and have all gone missing since the month I worked there. So she said she had to let me go, then I said "go where?" and she said that meant your fired!" cried Leni. She then leaves the kitchen and heads to her room, but she comes back for the box of tissues, then she runs back to her room.
"This isn't right dudes!" said Luna.
"Yeah! Why would Leni take the scarves? She's too nice to do that" said Jordan.
"We have to do something! That job was the one thing that made Leni really happy" said Lincoln.
"Then let's go back to Reiningers and tell Ms. C how wrong she is! Said Luna.
"Yeah!" they responded. Patriot decided to stay to keep check on Leni.
While Lincoln and the others were headed to the mall.
Luna pulls out her phone. "Chunk! We need a ride! This is an emergency!" said Luna.
(Royal Woods Mall)
Chunks van arrives and they all get out. "Stick around Chunk, if anything goes wrong will give you a call" said Luna.
"You got it luv, now go and solve this mystery" said Chunk. "Ooh! I should probably make an album with that name".
They head inside the mall and spot the place of their target.
"Alright guys, this is it" said Lincoln.
As they head inside they are spotted by Fiona, who walks up to them. "Hey you guys!"
They all turn their gaze to her. "You're Leni's sibs right?" asked Fiona.
"Oh, hey Fiona" said Lincoln.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Fiona.
"We're here to clear Leni's name" said Jordan.
"Our sis is a nice person and she would never do something as bad as stealing. She's always kind and happy to help others!" said Luna.
"She's really happy to do kind things for people and what happed was so not her fault!" said Fiona. "I mean, she's the nicest person in the mall! She would never steal scarfs!"
"Did you try and tell Mrs. Carmichael?" asked Jordan.
"Miguel and I tried, but her decision was final and that just bites!" said Fiona.
"Well, we're here to figure out what really happened" said Lincoln.
"Does this place have some sort of security or something?" asked Luna.
"No not really, well not that I've ever noticed" said Fiona.
Jordan then looks up. "Then what's that?"
They all look up to see the camera and another one.
"Huh, how did I not see those things?" asked Fiona.
"Thanks for the help dude! We're gonna take it from here" said Luna.
They all head out of Reiningers and go off to look for the surveillance room.
"You're welcome" said Fiona. "Wait a minute, I didn't even do anything".
The three of them look around for anything that says camera room and soon they see a door with the name.
Luna felt like kicking it open, but Jordan stops her and knocks.
The door opens to reveal, one of Lori and Leni's friends, Tad. (Episode Party down)
"Umm, can I help- Wait a minute! Your Lori's siblings" said Tad. Then he sees Jordan. "Okay, I don't know you".
"I'm with them" said Jordan.
"No time Tad! We need to see the cameras now!" said Luna. "Also, what are you doing here and why are you wearing that uniform?"
"Oh this, I'm working here as an apprentice to my chief" said Tad. "Who said he was gonna be gone for an hour and it turns out he's napping in his office".
"Okay, but we still need to see the cameras!" said Lincoln.
"Sure thing guys" said Tad.
They enter the dark room and see all the cameras that show them different areas of the mall.
"Whoa!" said Jordan.
Lincoln then sees something. "Is that Clyde? And he's buying kitchen stuff".
"There's Mollie!" said Jordan. But then she has an annoyed look. "And she's fighting for the last pair of boots, again".
Luna then crosses her arms at what she sees. "And there's Chunk, buying donuts" said Luna.
"So, what are we looking for?" asked Tad.
"Reiningers, for the last month" said Lincoln.
Tad searches through the computer and shows all of the different angles the two cameras reveal.
They look to the scarf area and nothing. But then they spot a small arm grabbing a scarf and scurrying away into the backroom where the mannequins are.
They fast forward and it keeps happening, again and again.
"Looks like we got ourselves a thief!" said Lincoln.
"Whoa guys! You're all like detectives or something" said Tad. "But what's this all about anyway?"
"Leni got accused for stealing scarfs and she got fired" said Jordan.
Tad spits out his coffee to the picture of his boss. "What?! Not cool man!" said Tad.
"And now we got the proof to it!" said Luna.
Jordan then pulls out her phone and sees a cord that she can plug into. She then copies the videos.
They all head out of the room and back to Reiningers.
"Good luck guys!" said Tad
They all make it back to Reiningers and meet up with Fiona.
"Whoa guys! Slow down!" said Fiona. "Hey you guys are Leni's sibs and you're the girl who always shops here" said Miguel.
"No time guys! Where's your boss?" asked Lincoln.
"She's checking the monthly inventory" replied Fiona.
"Can you go and get her? This is very urgent!" said Jordan.
"Sure" replied Fiona. She then heads to go look for her boss.
"So, how's Leni doing?" asked Miguel.
"Terrible, she's a crying mess" replied Lincoln.
"Oh M-Gosh! That is terrible! Poor Leni" said Miguel with concern.
Then they see Fiona return with Mrs. Carmichael.
"Okay, what's this all about?" asked Mrs. Carmichael.
"Ma'am, we have proof that Leni did not steal the scarfs!" said Lincoln.
Jordan pulls out her phone and they all see what the security footage got. This made them gasp.
"And while that was happening, Leni was at the counter helping a customer the whole time!" said Luna.
"Oh my goodness! This is startling news. But who did this?" asked Mrs. Carmichael.
"Well. Judging by the footage, it has to be someone at kid sized. Probably two years younger than me" said Lincoln.
Fiona and Miguel cross their arms and look at Mrs. Carmichael with annoyed looks.
The others were getting a vibe that Mrs. Carmichael knows. But she doesn't.
"What? What are you all looking at me for?" asked Mrs. Carmichael.
"A kid who's probably 9 years old and is running around the place" said Miguel.
She then realizes what they were talking about. "My son, Tucker" said Mrs. Carmichael.
They later find the scarfs and the kid who was doing all of this. They then inform Leni that she can finally return to her work. Mrs. Carmichael had to punish her son for stealing the scarfs and almost costing one of her best employee her job.
Soon Leni was back on her station and sighs in relief. She then sees Lincoln, Jordan and Luna.
"Hey guys! Thanks for helping me get my job back" said Leni.
"It was nothing to it sis" said Luna.
"We didn't want you to lose the one thing that made you happy here, besides the shopping" said Jordan.
"And you didn't deserve to be accused for the whole scarf thing, you too a nice person" said Lincoln.
"Aww, thanks you guys" said Leni. She then hugs them.
"Well, I should get back tom my shift" said Leni.
"Don't forget to thank Tad as well, he works here as the security guard on the cameras" said Luna.
"Wait, there are cameras in here?" asked Leni.
The trio soon return to the van and enjoy some celebratory Donuts with Chunk.
"So why did you go buy donuts?" asked Luna.
"Saw a poster saying that they were having a contest at the donut shop, the winner gets five boxes of their finest glaze" replied Chunk.
"What was the contest about?" asked Jordan.
"A British knowledge challenge" replied Chunk. "Also your dad was there and he did not win".
"Weird, I thought dad knew a lot about England" said Lincoln.
"Turns out it was more than just questions about England, it was about the whole UK" said Chunk as he eats another chocolate donut.
"Guess that's one thing pops can't answer, the whole English country" said Luna.
"Cheers mates!" said Chunk. They all toast their donuts together.
A twist to the Crimes of Fashion episode and with some help from a character from Season 2 episode Party Down. Leave a review and tell me what you think.