The Case of the Missing Sock

Alex: Jamie, we need to talk. Jamie: Uh oh. Is this about the last slice of pizza?

Because it disappeared on its own. Alex: Worse. It’s about my missing sock.

Jamie: …You called me over for a sock investigation? Alex: Not just any sock.

The left one from my lucky pair. Jamie: Maybe it ran away because you keep calling

it lucky. Alex: I checked the washer, the dryer, under the bed,

inside the pillowcase—nothing. Jamie: Did you file a missing sock report yet? I hear the police

are really stepping up their laundry crimes division. Alex: Don’t joke! This happens every

time I do laundry. One sock vanishes. It’s a pattern. Jamie: Maybe your dryer is secretly