Long and short of it is - my DC and her friend were playing in my house. They went up to my bedroom where my rings are normally on the nightstand.
Next day I noticed they were missing. I asked DC if she had given my rings to her friend . She said no.
When her friend was leaving she tried to give her a wind chime which I'd discouraged.
Previously D.C. friend had taken an inconsequential item from her house and given it to my dc which I gave back to the mum.
I know my dc has an active imagination and often makes up stories and is susceptible to suggestion. She's 5. Anyway I thought I'd leave it for a day or two and ask her to talk me through the day when her friend came over. And I asked again did she give my rings to her friend and this time she said yes.
Again because she's not always truthful I left it for a day or so and then today I asked her to talk me through the day her friend came.
She told me they found some rings and that she gave them to her friend. I asked her if she gave anything else to the friend and she said she gave the friend a teddy bear which talks. She does have a talking teddy but it's not the colour she told me. However there is a missing teddy among her toys.
So now I have an unreliable child witness and missing personal item.
I need to ask the mum of this child but I don't want to come across as accusatory.
What would you do?