Friday, March 4, 2016

Ch.17 A Million Dollars

Katie and Kevin searched through the crowd outside the Louvre for the police chief. Once they finally pushed their way to the front, the Chief ushered the two kids inside the museum. As the police handed Katie and Kevin a check for a million dollars, he declared, "At first I didn't believe you two, but now, I am delighted I did. I can't believe two kids cracked the largest case of the decade!"

Katie and Kevin walked outside trying to hold their excitement and avoid being mobbed by the crowd, still standing by the museum. The reporter walked to the twins and exclaimed, "Is really you? The two twins who cracked the case of the stolen Mona Lisa?" Katie and Kevin nodded. "Did you already get your reward of a million dollars?" questioned the reporter. The two kids nodded again. Finally, the reporter asked, "Well what are you going to get with your reward?"

Katie and Kevin looked at each other and fell silent. Both kids felt a little guilty keeping their money for themselves to just bye toys or other meaningless items. Finally, Kevin spoke up. "Well, we plan on donating half of the money to the museum for better security. Katie and I want to help the museum install security cameras near the famous art pieces. We hope something like this never happens again. We will also would like to give the other half of the money to the Humane Society."

"Humane Society? Are you two animal lovers?" the reporter inquired.

Katie and Kevin, thinking of Ellie, looked at each other and smiled.