The Christmas Kitten: A Polly Parrett Pet-Sitter Cozy Murder Mystery Book 2 (Polly Parrett Pet Sitter Cozy Murder Mysteries) by Dodwell Liz

Author:Dodwell, Liz [Dodwell, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2015-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

As it happened we weren’t out long before the call came through that Sophie had been found. We’d driven around for a while, stopping a couple of times to get out and patrol the streets and ask the few people we encountered if they’d seen a young girl anywhere. There’d been no good news and my stomach was churning at the thought of the danger Sophie might be in. That changed in an instant when we knew she was safe and all of us were elated, high-fiving and cheering in relief.

Sophie had been taken to the County Sheriff’s Department. They were the ones who had been coordinating the search. The desk sergeant there didn’t know us from a hole in the ground and we were arguing with him to let us see Sophie when Wisniewski walked in.

“What’s going on here?”

“They won’t let us see Sophie,” I threw up my hands in exasperation.

“Alright, calm down.” The Sheriff lifted his hat and ran his hands across his thinning hair. “Let me deal with this; you should go on home, there’s nothing you can do here.”

“The heck there isn’t.” All the tension of the last couple of days was about to burst from me when Rooster put a soothing hand on my shoulder and gave a squeeze.

“What Polly means,” he said in calm voice, “is that we’ve all been really anxious about the little lady and we want to be sure she’s got someone in her corner in there.” He nodded in the direction of the offices where we assumed Sophie had been taken. “In fact, we really want to take her home to her little sister and some people who will care for her properly. And Feliks, we’d really appreciate if you could help us with that… don’t we Polly?”

“Sheriff, you know the best place for her is with us. The kid’s been through hell. Does she even know she’s innocent?”

“That’s enough, Miss Parrett.” Wisniewski threw up his hand to signal “Stop” and his face tightened as he hissed, “If you want my help, you’ll shut up right now. There’s a lot of people who want the best for the girls, and I’m one of them. But there are legal procedures I’m duty bound to follow. I’ve already stepped out on a limb by telling you the girl didn’t kill her stepmother and by letting you keep her sister at your Mom’s, so I’ll tell you again – go home, and leave this to me.”

I felt my face burning, partly in indignation but more in shame. The Sheriff was right; he was trying to do the right thing for everyone, and I’d blabbed in public about Sophie being innocent when I wasn’t even supposed to know about it. Mumbling apologies I let Tyler take my hand and lead me out.

Rooster hung back and exchanged a few quiet words with his friend before hurrying to join us. “We’re good. Feliks will call when he can to let us know what’s happening.”

“I’m sorry, Rooster, I broke your confidence as well.

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