Mr Bigelow Smells a Rat (A Curious Cat Mystery Book 1) by Leigh Selfman & Sylvia Selfman

Author:Leigh Selfman & Sylvia Selfman [Selfman, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

MR. BIGELOW

Finally.

Finally we can go back to that building and I can expose Rafe for the evil con artist he is. But when we all pile into the car and drive down to the building, I realize they’re not even sure what they’re looking for. I know this because she says, “So what exactly are we looking for?”

“A one-shoe’d woman, I guess,” Ben says with a smile. She smiles back at this though I don’t quite get why. Then we head up to look at the names on the buzzer.

“I still don’t see anyone familiar here,” she sighs. “Oh, Choxie, if only you could talk. You could tell us how you got that boot and what it all means.”

Choxie drools inanely as I look down at him from my perch in her arms. Then I start purring loudly, to lull her into a false sense of security. It does the trick. She loosens her hold, letting go of the fear that I might jump out of her arms.

“Aw, look at Mr. Bigelow,” she says. “He’s oblivious to the world.”

Ben smiles and reaches out and scratches me behind the ears.

At which point I leap out of her arms and run! I speed around to the parking lot in back where Rafe and a tall blonde woman are heading towards the stairwell.

I look back at her and Ben to make sure they see. You never know with humans - they’re a pretty unobservant bunch on the whole.

But this time they definitely do see. “It’s Rafe!” she whispers loudly.

“Your date?” Ben asks.

“Yes,” she whispers back. “But who’s that lady he’s with?”

Ben shrugs. “I don’t know. But she seems to be wearing both shoes.”

Penelope nods and studies the woman’s shoes. “Yeah, but look at them. They’re similar to that one Choxie found. They’re high-heeled and red. And gaudy.”

“Yeah,” Ben nods. “They’re trashy looking really. Totally, stripper-trashy. Now that I look at them closely.”

She nods but she’s not looking at the shoes any more. She’s looking down, and she looks sad.

Then she looks up, blushing “So I guess I’ve been a fool. Rafe didn’t want to go out with me. He obviously wanted that painting from my house. The Monet that Agnes mentioned on that video. He was just using me.”

“Then he’s the fool,” Ben says quietly.

She looks into his eyes. They stare at one another.

Really? Now? Just when you’re finally about to help me get to the bottom of this. Now you share a ‘moment?’

“Should we call the police?” Ben asks her.

Yes! Yes! I think we should definitely call the police.

“And say what?” She gives him a sad smile. “That my date’s cheating on me? I’m not sure that’s a criminal offense.”

“No. We’d say your date is up to no good. That we found evidence that proves he targeted you at the pet store and is trying to get a valuable painting out of your house.”

“Yeah well….we don’t really have any proof he’s doing that. Yes, we have the suspicious boot and all the evidence inside it – but your dog found it near his building – not inside it.

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