The Stolen Garden Gnome Short Story

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People are always coming up to me and asking, “What is the weirdest case you’ve ever done?” Every time I tell them, “The Stolen Santa Garden Gnome, of course.” Honestly, it is the weirdest. Along with it just being weird, people always think it’s cool that I have done a case like that before, that’s why I think it is weird! But before I start the story, you have to meet my partner Ari Harper. Ari Harper is probably the best partner you could have. She can figure out a problem in about 5 minutes and she has really good communication skills with other people who don’t want to cooperate with us. But other than that, it is just me and her, solving crimes for the rest of our lives. But here is the story of The Stolen Garden Gnome.
I’m at the dinner with my partner, Ari Harper, when we get a call from the Tram P.D. wondering if we could come in and solve a case for them. When we get to the P.D., Officer Sewell informs us that Fae Rowan was out working in her garden when she got a phone call from an old high school friend, but when she came back outside, she noticed that her one-of-a-kind, price-less, garden Santa Claus Gnome was gone. And right after that, she had called the police.
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Then I look over to Ari, and she has this look on her face that says, Okay, this is like, stupid, it is just a garden gnome but whatever.
But that’s when I ask, “Did she mention anything about her seeing anybody while she was in the garden before the phone

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