The black diamond; one of the most valuable treasure of our
family, inherited from our ancestors. My grandmother looks after it now.
She once told me that it was found on a wrecked pirate ship in one underwater
expedition taken by my great-great-grandfather. It is the pride of our family. No
one is allowed to touch it except my grandmother. Though she once let me hold it,
maybe because she loves me and trusts me the most. Maybe someday I’ll be in charge
of that precious diamond. I also feel proud to have that diamond in my family. People
all around the world often seek permission just to see that ancient diamond for
once. My grandmother once decided to place the diamond for some guests coming
from abroad. It was almost like an exhibition of the black diamond. My grandma
wanted to put it with some special decorations so we arranged a special room
for the exhibition. But something terrible happened on the day of the
exhibition. The Black Diamond went missing. It was put in the highly secured
clear box on a red pillow. But right before the opening, the security guard
informed us that the diamond was not found on its place. My grandma almost
fainted on hearing the news. I went there instantly and told the guards to
close every door and windows of the room. Because somehow i felt that the
diamond was still there. Cause no one can possibly steal and escape in such a
short time. No one from the outside came so i was sure that the thief was
someone from the inside. So i asked the guard who came in this room till now.
He told me about two guards including himself, one cleaner and some mechanics
to watch over the light settings through the exhibition. So i called every one
of them and asked what where they doing when the diamond was stolen. The guards
were at the front door. The cleaner was cleaning near them .The guards told it
was true. And the mechanics were fixing the lights above the diamond for adding
more colorful lights. Suddenly i asked them to turn the light on which was
beings fixed by them at that time. But one of them said that it was not ready
yet and needs more fixing. I insisted the guards to turn the lights on because
their hesitation made them suspicious to me. After turning the lights on
various colors were seen. But one of the lights was off. I asked the guard to
bring a ladder and look at that light closely. Just as i suspected, it was the
diamond inside it! They stole it but didn't get time to escape so they hid it
in the light. They thought they would take it away in the name of fixing later.
It was such a small light that no one could easily notice it being off. They
were captured immediately and put into jail. And my grandma felt ease to see
that diamond safe and sound. I am just glad that I could solve the mystery of
the missing diamond in time!
***FIN***
*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and
incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used
fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or
dead, is entirely coincidental***
