Purrfect Life (The Mysteries of Max Book 42) by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2021-07-28T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

We were on our way back into town, and frankly Dooley and I were too upset for speech. Odelia was going to have a baby! Now of all the shocking things that could have been laid at our paws, this was probably the most life-changing one to date—even more life-changing than the insertion into our lives of Chase, and with him, Brutus.

But since we didn’t want to give vent to our shock and dismay in front of Odelia, we wisely kept our tongue, though the looks we gave each other spoke volumes. Good thing Odelia had to keep her eyes on the road, and didn’t catch the wordless communication that was carried out between us.

“So what do you think, you guys?” she asked finally, once she’d had time to put all her ducks in a row after the long talk she had with Rosa. “Did Todd go off to Mexico to look for his dad, you think?”

“I doubt it,” I said. “He’s only sixteen, Odelia. Where would he get the money?”

“Yeah, and how would he hope to find his dad?” Odelia added. “It is a big country. Unless he already knew where he was going, of course,” she added.

“You mean he might have been planning this for a while?”

“It is possible. It’s been nine years, so maybe he’s been digging into the mystery of his dad’s disappearance for years now, and finally thinks he knows where to find him.”

“Or maybe his dad got in touch with him,” Dooley suggested. “And invited him over for a holiday.”

“Oh, Dooley,” said Odelia. “Now why would Clive sneak behind his ex-wife’s back and invite his son over to his hideout?”

“Because he’s a wanted man? And he doesn’t want the police to find him?”

“He is a fugitive from justice,” I agreed.

“Even so. Why invite his son, and not his daughter?” asked Odelia.

“Maybe he did invite Aisha,” said Dooley. “She was acting really strange, wasn’t she?”

“She was,” I said. “So maybe she knows more than she’s letting on.”

“I did get the impression she was hiding something,” Odelia agreed. “So maybe she does know where her brother is, but is refusing to tell her mom, or us.”

“I still think that if the kid took off for Mexico, he would have left a trace,” I said. “He’d need a passport, wouldn’t he? And he’d need money. He’d also need a car. Or if he took a flight, there would be checks done at the airport. I really don’t think a sixteen-year-old kid can just up and leave and cross the border without his parents being notified.”

“Yeah, you’re right,” said Odelia. “If he did go off to Mexico in search of his dad, sooner or later we’re bound to find out about it.”

“I just hope he won’t get shot ,” said Dooley.

I gave him a look of concern, and so did Odelia through the rearview mirror.

“Well, Mexico is a dangerous country,” Dooley argued. “People get shot or buried in unmarked graves all the time.”

And with rising concern over

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