Patricia Fry - Klepto Cat 03 - Sleight of Paw by Patricia Fry

Author:Patricia Fry [Fry, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Romance - Veterinarian - California
Publisher: Matilija Press
Published: 2014-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“I got a call from Iris,” Savannah announced from the front door as she struggled to carry in several bags of groceries later that afternoon.

Michael rushed to give her a hand. “What did she say?” he asked.

“She thinks he’ll be okay,” she said as she rushed toward the kitchen and set the bags on the counter. She turned to face Michael. “It seems that Brett went to a party last night and ingested something. From the sounds of it, they don’t think he purposely took anything, but all of a sudden, he started convulsing. He passed out and the idiot kids at the party thought he was dead or dying. They didn’t want to get in trouble, so they took him out and dumped him near the park. Iris thought he was spending the night at this kid’s house; they were supposed to go fishing yesterday. Well, one of Brett’s friends must have sobered up enough to think somewhat sensibly and he got a ride over to where they’d dumped Brett. He got worried when he saw Brett and called 9-1-1. Iris got the call around four this morning. It appears that it wasn’t a minute too soon. Brett had a rough day, but he was coming around when I spoke with Iris this afternoon and she thinks he can come home tomorrow.”

“How awful. Iris must have been scared to death,” Michael said.

“Yes, she sure was. She said Craig was wonderful—a great support for her and for Brett. Craig even helped out with Chris—picked him up from some event he was attending and took him to the hospital to be with his mom and brother. Evidently, Brett gave Craig the name of the guy he thinks brought drugs to the party. Craig is going to check him out.”

“So what does Damon think about all this?” Michael asked.

“I don’t know if they’ve told him yet. It doesn’t sound like Craig got a chance to see him today, after all.”

Michael suddenly reached for his cell phone, looked down at it and said, “It’s Craig.”

“Hello, Craig. How’s Brett?”

“Doing okay, we think. It was a rough go.”

“So I heard. How’s Iris?”

“She’s an amazing woman, Michael. She’s doing great.” He then changed his tone and said, “Say, Michael, we were wondering if we could come by this evening—Iris and I.

She has something for you and…” Craig hesitated, “…so do I.”

“Sure, we’d like to see you. Come by anytime. Wait,” Michael said, “Savannah is motioning to me. He spoke into the phone again, “Craig, Savannah has made some Texas hash and wonders if you two…and Chris…would like to come for dinner. We’ll eat in about an hour.”

“Texas hash?” Craig said with enthusiasm. “My favorite. Let me ask Iris.” He returned to the phone and said, “Sounds great. We’ll see you in an hour. Oh, and it’ll just be me and Iris. Chris has homework and leftover pizza to munch on.”

Iris and Craig arrived at six sharp. They stepped into the house when Michael opened the door.

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