“No it wasn’t… Or was it? That did look a little like my grandpa. Maybe he didn’t recognize me! Here I’ll try again.” Rachel said.

“So she knocked again and her grandma opened the door.”

“Oh! Hi Rachel! Are these girls with you the friends that you have been telling me so much about? It wasn’t you all that just knocked on the door was it?” Grandma said

“Yes it was us grandma. I’m sorry that we came at such an inconvenient time for grandpa. Here is what happened.”

So Rachel told her the whole story.

“Oh! I’m so sorry that that had to happened to you! Well I’m sure that you all must be hot it is 87 degrees outside! Come into the kitchen and have some ice cream!” Grandma said.

After they ate their ice cream and thanked grandma for it, they asked her how to get home to Rachel’s house.

“Here I’ll do more than tell you, I’ll drive you! Come on get in the van!” Grandma said.

“Thank you!” All the girls said at the same time.

After they got dropped off at Rachel’s house they went up to her bedroom and got out a new notebook that they decided to use to put their notes down for the mystery.

“OK. So we need to write down everything we can remember about this girl.” Rachel said taking charge.

“Hey! Wasn’t she wearing a school uniform?” Erin said who was the most observant of them all.

“Hey yah she was!” Tabi shouted out.

“Oh good!” Rachel said as she was writing. “Does anyone remember what color hair she had or anything?”

“Didn’t she have brown hair?” Samantha said

“Probably, which would narrow it down to about 57 people in our school. Why not black or something?” Rachel said.

Hey! What time is it? Samantha said.

Umm… 5:17 Why? Rachel asked.

“I told my mom I would leave at 5 to help her with dinner!” Samantha quickly explained. “Sorry I have to go! Bye!”

“Sorry Rachel I have to leave too! I didn’t realize how late it was!” Erin said. Bye!

“Well looks like we’re the only ones here now.” Tabi said. “Do you have any suspicions of who it could be?”

“Well I’m kinda thinking that it might be that new girl that came at the beginning of this week. She did look about that height. But don’t tell the others until we have proof.” Rachel said

“OK I won’t.” Tabi said.