Hi 90stvfangirl!
This is based on a crack theory I have had for years.
Beware the silliness...
/buckles down and puts drink away/
“I’m afraid I’ll have to get the police involved.”
Lois blanched. “The police?”
This sounds like a highschool fic.
“I’m sorry, ma’am.” Mr Wisk, a snobby jeweler, in his fifties, turned away from her and reached for the landline on the wall beside him.
Did highschool Lois try to play bride?
“But…no! It can’t be stolen…” Lois protested. “My fiancé is the most honest man I know! He would never steal—”
Huh?
“I’m sorry Miss Lane. It’s our policy. You understand.”
“Just let me call him! I’ll get him to come down here with the receipt! Proof of purchase!” Lois said desperately.
Oh. Wait, does she not know that Clark is… Oh, that’s Lois being engaged to Lex!
“But as it stands right now—this ring is registered as stolen property and will be treated as such.”
Oh, that Lex. Always trying to make sure he makes a nice buck on the way.
“Clark would never! Not knowingly anyway!
CLARK: I bought that ring from LexCo’s Jewelries!
Lois rolled her eyes. “Of course I’m not leaving the store. You’re holding my engagement ring hostage!” She dialed Clark’s cell phone and brought the phone to her ear.
Very funny!
<Hi fiancée!> He chirped happily in her ear.
He’s still happy about being engaged.
She watched with disdain as the man made a big show of sealing her ring into a tiny ziplock bag.
Oooooh!
“Yes! I need you to get down here with the receipt so we can prove to this imbecile that you paid for that ring.”
<Well…>
It was a gift. Clark got it from Bruce. Bruce got it from the loot cabinet where he keeps the stuff that Catwoman drags in.
“Come on, Clark. I know you didn’t want me to find out how much you paid for it, but I don’t care how much it was! I love it!” She glared at Wisk and lowered her voice. “Which is why I need you to get your butt down here so I can have it back!”
“Ask him if he bought it from Mazik’s Jewelers,” Wisk interjected.
Ooops?
“Yes, Mazik’s,” Wisk confirmed. “That’s the business the serial number on the ring is registered to.”
“Um…Clark?”
<Lois, it’s not what you think.>
Maziks? That’s why you had to ask for the spelling!
“What do you mean it’s not what I think?” Lois hissed. Her eyes met Mr Wisk’s curious ones and she quickly looked away, feeling nervous now.
It’s from the estate sale.
<Okay. It is what you think. But I just..uh…I was so angry about what happened with my parents and I just—>
<I just saw it there and it was perfect! I already had a pocket full of diamonds and I figured what’s one little ring? I knew you would love it so I just…took it. I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking clearly that night>
Oh, Mr. Mazik is also making ruby-based jewelry.
<I should have known something like this would happen! Man, I am an idiot!>
“You can say that again….”
On the plus side, he won’t be breaking up with her for her own good.
/rechecks title/
I did notice, and then forgot while reading.
Very creative approach you took there. Now, what will you do for April 1st?
Michael
