The Blue Sapphire Heist by Liv Richter ’23 It was late on a Friday night in New York City. Detective Lucy Dane was on her way to catch the 10:30 AC night train to Maine. Her boss, Mr. Fletcher, called her in to immediately be sent out with two of her fellow detectives, James Morgan and Veronica Davis, to step in on a jewelry robbery. She had just been released from a previous case, which had just been solved and closed off. Lucy felt tired from the long day and was ready to return home to her daughter. However, that’s not how it worked in the life of a detective. Lucy brushed past these thoughts and briefly read the files as she walked along the sidewalk. A serious jewelry heist had been committed in the past sixteen hours, the main item stolen being a five hundred million dollar sapphire necklace. The necklace was stolen from the Heights Museum in New York City around 6:00 A.M. Lead investigators were certain that the necklace was being sent north for further exchange, so Lucy and her partners were being sent to follow their tracks. Lucy walked into the train station, hoping to find James and Veronica before boarding the train. Fifteen minutes later, she was settled and seated at a table in the train carriage. Lucy started to unpack her bag when someone hovered over her, and she looked up to see Veronica. They both smiled and exchanged a quick greeting before getting into the case details. Veronica breathed out, “So what are we working with?” Lucy shuffled the papers around, “Jewelry heist. Leads suggest that the goods are being sent north. Probably to be auctioned off for much higher than its worth.” Before the conversation continued the women were approached by a young
man wearing a dark hat and trench coat. They were greeted by James Morgan as he slipped into the table seating next to Veronica. He took off his hat and said, “We were promised a break after the past two weeks of working nonstop. I haven’t gotten a good night of sleep in days.” “I know! I was supposed to be traveling this weekend, but that was obviously canceled. I don’t think this case will take too long,” said Veronica. “Hopefully you’re right. Anyway, I’m caught up on the case. I don’t think the necklace could have gone far if it was only taken early this morning. I was given some evidence back at the station from the scene to look over and we have security footage to review.” James pulled out a laptop, along with a plastic bag containing evidence left at the crime scene. The bag contained a few folded scraps of paper with writing on them. “How could they leave so much paper behind for us to find?” asked Veronica. “Must have been in too much of a rush,” James replied, as he opened up his computer. “Yes, but a rush to where? Transcripts are stating that they don’t know where the robbers disappeared after taking the necklace. We need to rewatch this security footage of when it was taken at the museum,” Lucy added. James typed on his computer then turned it to display the screen to the three of them. The footage started to play and Lucy noted the robbers did not try to cover up or cut the security cameras before continuing their crime. The thieves were swift in opening the protective boxing and removing the necklace. As soon as the necklace was Magnificat Literary and Art Magazine | 11
