Ghost Cat on the Midway by Mollie Hunt

Author:Mollie Hunt [Hunt, Mollie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Animal Fiction, Cat Fiction, Cat Cozy, Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Indie
Published: 2024-06-07T05:00:00+00:00

13: Dreams Asunder

“I’ve got to call Nao!” exclaimed Camelia. “Now!”

She giggled at the homonyms, but it was nervous laughter, the type that comes bubbling up through anxiety.

“Come on. Let’s get out of here, see if we can find out where they’re taking Yui.” Vera revved up her scooter and headed for the exit. Camelia followed, but this time there was no lagging in her hurried step.

The contestant’s entrance through which Yui and the officers had disappeared was on the opposite side of the barn from the admittance gate. Vera and Camelia sped around the big building as fast as they could muster, but they were too late. All they caught was the rear end of a police cruiser receding down the lane. Camelia thought she saw Yui turn and stare back at her, but through the tinted windows she couldn’t be sure.

Yui was gone, but Soji might still remain.

“Where are you going?” Vera asked as Camelia started toward the tunnel.

“I need to check something. I thought I saw...”

She didn’t bother to finish her sentence. In the glow of the late summer sunshine, the idea now seemed ludicrous.

Camelia slowed as she approached the cavernous portal, but she didn’t stop. Moving into the shadows, she felt the temperature plunge. Straw crunched beneath her feet, letting off a sweet and slightly pungent aroma. At the far end of the way was a bright spot, the competition ring, but the tunnel itself was empty.

Quietly she crouched to the ground. “Soji?” she whispered into the dark. “Soji,” she called again, tuning her ears for the least little sound that might be cat feet scuffing through the hay.

Then she heard it! She held her breath as the sound came closer. Her eyes were adjusting to the gloom, and she could see movement, a cat shadow heading her way.

“Soji!” she exclaimed, but that was a mistake. The shock of her voice startled the feline, and he dashed by her in a streak of orange. Not Soji but one of the ferals.

Camelia cast her gaze around the tunnel one more time, but a rider was coming through, and she didn’t want to get in their way. Returning to Vera, she shrugged.

“You saw the ghost cat again?”

Camelia nodded. “Following Yui and her official escorts. No sign of her now, though.”

“It means something, Camelia. You know it, and I know it. Soji has something she wants to tell you.”

Camelia rolled her eyes. “Well, if that’s the case, she should hang around long enough to impart the information. This game of hide and seek isn’t doing either of us any good.”

The pair began back toward the Kitty City booth. Camelia rang Nao as they walked but the call went to voicemail.

“Why do you suppose the police want to talk to our Yui?” Vera said as she spun along.

Camelia could think of two reasons, her connection with the GARD and her presence at the crime scene. But lots of people were at the scene of crime at the same time as Yui and Dean.

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