Carter (The K9 Files Book 7) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, romance
ISBN: 9781773362083
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00

Carter frowned at that but stayed quiet. They went around two more corners that opened up to a small and clean but older home, with a lot of dogs running in kennels. Carter pulled into the driveway and hopped out. Instead of heading to the main house with Hailey, he went to the dog kennels. He didn’t find Matzuka. Frowning, he turned around to see Brenda’s driver standing nearby.

Carter put his hands on his hips. “I’m looking for the dog, and I won’t stop until I find him.”

Diego shook his head. “I don’t have him.”

“Why?”

The man hesitated.

Just then Hailey appeared. “Hi, Diego, how are you doing?”

His face broke into a smile. He reached out and shook her hand. “I’m doing fine.” Then he looked at Carter and frowned. “Tell him that I don’t have the dog.”

“If you don’t have the dog, then you know where it is,” she said gently.

Diego looked distressed at that.

When Hailey saw that, she added, “It’s a well-known fact you’d never hurt an animal, and neither would you release one to the wild, alone and lost, with the possibility to get in trouble.”

His gaze turned sad.

“I don’t know why you think you’re in trouble. We just want the dog.” He shrugged but stayed silent, and she pressed a little harder. “You do understand the US government’s after it, right?”

“I do.”

“Then please be truthful and just tell us. We won’t tell Brenda,” Carter said.

Diego snorted. “That’s what you say. That doesn’t mean it won’t get back to her.”

“Did you open the cage?”

Diego hesitated.

“So, you didn’t,” Carter said. “Did you see somebody else open the cage?”

At that, he looked distressed again.

“Is the dog loose and running free somewhere?” Carter pushed.

Diego shrugged. “I haven’t seen him.”

“Have you tried?”

He nodded. “I have tried, but I haven’t seen him.”

“When I first arrived,” Carter said, “I thought I saw a coyote along the back of the airport. Matzuka looks like a coyote. His colors are very much fawn colors. He’s been missing for three months. That’s a long time.”

“Plus lots of garbage can be found around the airport,” Diego said. “Sometimes dogs can survive there without problems.”

“You didn’t open the cage, and you didn’t see the dog, but you know something about him. What happened?”

The driver’s shoulders slowly sagged. “I wasn’t there. I told you about my granddaughter.” He glanced from Carter to Hailey. They both nodded. “But my nephew, … he works there sometimes. He thought the dog looked sad. My nephew’s special.”

At that, Hailey remembered his nephew had Down’s syndrome. She nodded. “Did he let the dog out because the dog looked sad? Did he want to play with the dog for a little bit?”

Diego brightened. “You remember him?”

“Of course I do. Carlos is a very happy boy.” Hailey thought he was about twelve now, physically, but she didn’t really know what age he was mentally.

“He goes to the airport with his father, where he washes cars in the parking lot for money.”

“And Carlos was on his own when he

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