The Bag Lady Solves A murder

The Bag Lady Solves A murder by melpol

The bag lady was whistling a tune that she learned as a cheer leader at Cambridge. She remembered how it had inspired the football team to climb to the top of the their division. But that chapter of her life has passed. Her new life began when a life-like voice in the middle of a dream told her to go to L.A. It said that when she got there she would receive further instructions. But she paid no attention to the dream and chalked it up to a poor nights sleep. A few weeks latter she was on a flight to Hawaii as a graduation present from her family. The airplane suddenly started to experience severe rocking and shifting, the pilot radioed The L.A. airport and said that he was going to make an emergency landing. The Plane crashed into the runway and the next thing she knew a nurse was telling her that she was lucky to be alive. Nobody else survived the crash. The next day she was discharged. As she was walking down Santa Monica Boulevard thinking of the mysterious force that had deposited her in L.A., a flashing light appeared in the parking lot, it was coming from a dumpster and she knew instinctively that is where her next home would be.

The Bag lady had found all that she needed in the dumpster. It provided all the clothes she wanted and more. People were always throwing away things that they got tired of, and the bag lady had her choice. A few fast food restaurants used the dumpster and deposited a variety of goodies. There were lots of half full soda and filtered water bottles to wash down a mouth full of fish or burgers. The most important thing was the peace of mind that she found living close to the dumpster. She thanked the voice that sent her here, and even though she could not see who it was she knew that her thanks were heard.
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As she was poking around deep inside the dumpster she found a wallet. It came as no surprise since people were always throwing away worn out things. But the wallet looked brand new and it was bursting with credit cards and cash. She carefully climbed out of the dumpster and sat down on the concrete. After counting three thousand dollars the bag lady came to the conclusion that it was lost and swept up as garbage. It was up to her to get it back to the owner. There was a photo of a beautiful Asian woman standing beside two children with the name of a restaurant on the back. There were also many credit cards with the name and the address of a middle aged man. The bag lady concluded that he must be the owner of the wallet and she will go to his home and return it.


The name on the bell said apartment 2E she rang it many times, but there was no answer. She climbed the stairs to knock on his door and found it half open. On the floor was a man with a knife in his back. She listened for a heartbeat and there was none. The only thing for her to do was leave the apartment and figure out what her next move would be. The right move would be to return to the dumpster and just think.


The bag lady did not want to keep the wallet with its cash. She decided to give it to the woman whose photo appeared in the wallet. It would not be hard to find her since her name and the address of the restaurant appeared on the back of the photo. She went to the restaurant and saw her. She was working as a waitress. The bag lady approached her and said that she had something important to discuss and had a gift for her left by a dead friend. The waitress said that she was busy and would meet her after work. They agreed to meet by the dumpster in the evening. It was dark and the bag lady sat on the concrete next to the dumpster waiting for the waitress to arrive. She thought that she had made the right decision and was glad that there was someone to return the wallet to. Out of the dark appeared the waitress with a long knife in her hand. She lunged at the bag lady not thinking that her victim was a Martial Artist. The bag lady disarmed her by a swift kick to the stomach. After a conversation the waitress confessed that she was a murderer and that she did it to prevent deportation of her and her two children to China. The dead man was blackmailing her and threatened to expose her as an illegal alien. She had no choice but to kill him. The bag lady gave her the cash and threw the wallet into the dumpster. She kissed the waitress on the cheek and wished her and her children a happy future in America.


It was a busy day for the bag lady. A new load of goodies had arrived. She even found the latest newspaper on top of a bag of cookies. There was an article in it about an unsolved murder. The police said that the dead man was a victim of a robbery because his wallet was missing, and they had no clues in the case.
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