Even More Bad News

[Trina]

This time it's mine.

Last week I did a home visit to screen a child for speech disorders 
(for those who don't know I am a school speech therapist).  It was a 
sweet little girl, mom seemed nice, I was there for about 30 minutes 
and left.  

Today I stopped by the district office (I needed something and I had 
received a phone call yesterday from the Special Services 
receptionist which started a game of phone tag)and was informed that 
said mom had called yesterday to say that after I had left she 
noticed that some jewelery (most of which is replaceable, but two 
pieces are family heirlooms)was missing.  And she thought I had taken 
it, but was calling my boss "before notifying the authorities."  

Evidently it was on the coffee table where she had laid it the night 
before but has now gone missing. When she asked the 3 yr old I 
screened about it, the little girl told her "Lady took it and went by-
bye."  I WAS NEVER ANYWHERE NEAR THAT TABLE!  I sat on the loveseat 
with the child.  I took the things I needed out of my bag, did the 
screening and left.  

She noticed it was missing around 5 pm that day.  She only called the 
District Office yesterday. (Why did she wait damn near a week!) She 
also has a 3 year old and a 6 year old.  The damn things have to be 
in that house.  My boss talked to her today and she is absolutely 
convinced I took them.  She is going to talk to her husband about it 
(she hasn't done that yet) and tomorrow my boss and I are going to 
talk to her.  He kept telling her to search the house thoroughly 
(with 2 little girls who knows what couldn't have happened) but she 
just didn't want to hear that.  

I don't know what to do.  I'm angry and frustrated and worried and 
have a huge headache.  My reputation, my honesty, and my dignity has 
been called into question by this woman.  

Trina, stressing out and willing to take Veritaserum if only it would 
help.