A Case Full of Cats by Donna Doyle

Author:Donna Doyle [Doyle, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PureRead
Published: 2021-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Struggling to get in the door with the box in her hands, Courtney decided another upgrade they couldn’t afford for the Curly Bay Pet Hotel and Rescue was an automatic door. She was eager enough to get inside and open the box that she quickly forgot her troubles with the door.

Jessi was already there, leaning against the counter and staring at her phone with wide eyes.

“Is everything okay?” Courtney asked.

“Sshh! Listen!” Jessi tipped the phone so that her boss could see the screen.

It was the local news report. “Burglaries continue to surge throughout Curly Bay,” the anchor drone. “Police say there doesn’t seem to be a particular pattern, which is going to make the perpetrator even harder to catch. One report suggests that this may be the same burglar who shook up Ruby Cove with a massive string of burglaries just last summer. The police say they are getting closer to finding the culprit, but they won’t release any details of the investigation just yet. Now on to the weather.”

Jessi turned off the screen and shook her head. “This is scary! There never used to be anything like this in Curly Bay. It’s the sort of town where people don’t lock their doors or cars at night because they know it’s safe.”

Courtney pressed her lips together to keep from smiling. When she lived in the city, she wouldn’t have dared to do such a thing. “Locks are just there to keep honest people honest. Those who want to get in badly enough are going to do it anyway, which is exactly why I bought these.” She fished a pair of scissors out of the drawer and opened the top of the box.

“What are these little gadgets?” Jessi reached inside and pulled one out, turning it over in her hands. “Oh, security cameras! They certainly don’t look like the ones on the outside of the building.”

“No, those are far more expensive. I still hadn’t gotten a call back from Hinkle’s yet, so I took Mark Cooper’s advice and just bought some online. There’s no professional monitoring, but I can check them from my phone, and we can all review the footage on the computers here in the office. It’s better than nothing.”

“I thought we had to wait until the fundraiser to do any big purchases like this. Did you finally get a hold of Ms. O’Donnell?” Jessi unpacked a few more cameras, along with an instruction booklet.

Courtney pulled a face, hoping that once she did inform the owner she wouldn’t be in too much trouble. “No. I bought these with my own money. I’ve had several more instances of animals getting out of their cages when we’re not here, and I saw a car speeding away one morning. You put the missing collar on top of that, and I’m not willing to wait any longer.”

“Looks like they’re pretty easy to put up.” Jessi skimmed through the instruction booklet. “They’re so small that we can just stick them up with adhesive or use a small screw.

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