*** This is a fictional story. ***
One time I got a job at a jewelry shop. It was quite a boring job. Most of the time, I was just sitting at the counter day-dreaming…
Until one day, the strangest thing happened!
Technically, I didn’t really see it coming. 3 masked guys just suddenly appeared out of thin air from the back of our shop (where we stored the more expensive items), before I could even make a sound or call the police, they had already pushed through me & gone out of the shop into the crowds…
I didn’t know what to tell my boss. He must think I was lying, but what else could I do? I just called my boss, who showed up in almost no time with his wife, all sweaty & nervous. He didn’t even waste time scoring me, just started counting what was lost… and then called the police, talked to the insurance… I thought he would fire me, but he didn’t. I totally didn’t understand what was going on.
A month or so later, he told me quietly. “I heard from some business friends that there is this drug, which can shrink people in a short time. That’s how those thieves got in.” I couldn’t believe my ears. “We know who they are. We’ll get back what’s ours.” “How about telling the police?” I asked with hesitation. “They won’t believe us, and we have no evidence.”
So, we started planning. I can’t really sitting there not helping, as I did have responsibility watching the shop. Somehow my boss had some sources found out who were the robbers, also he got his hands on the drug, and he decided to take it! I was against this idea, of course. It sounded ridiculously dangerous. We didn’t know for sure what that drug would do, or how to recover, but it wasn’t my choice to make.
Sat. night, after long time of planning & checking, we quietly had our “last supper” at my boss house, just he & his wife & me. Then after put away all the dishes, he said strangely calm “it’s time.” He just drank it straight with water, almost immediately rolled down the floor due to extreme pain in the stomach. I & his wife didn’t know how to response, just panic! She was so panic that she drank it too… then 2 persons on the floor, I didn’t know what to do. But before I could think further, they both disappeared! I was shocked, calling their names & crying… then I saw them on the floor (so tiny!) waving at me. They really did shrink!
Then we prepared all the “tools”, and got to the address that we were given. We were told that they always go drinking on Sat. night, and really, seemed quiet. Okay, we wasted no time. I put my boss & his wife into the key hold. After like 10-15min, they went through & opened the door lock for me. We searched inside the flat & took whatever jewelry we found. When we were about the take off, those guys came back! They shouted at me & tried to catch me… I didn’t know how, i just kicked one of the guys in the balls and ran off the building.
I didn’t know if they could recognize me. I didn’t know if they would chase me. I was just extremely tired & thankfully my boss & his wife held on to my trousers & left with me.
I felt asleep on the sofa.
Next morning when I opened my eyes, my boss & his wife immediately came to hug me…
We did it! And they survived. They returned to normal after midnight.
We still couldn’t quite believed what just happened, but soon after, we sold the jewelry shop & left the country altogether…
*** The end ***