The Secret Claws by Patricia Fry

Author:Patricia Fry [Fry, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998036731
Publisher: Matilija Press
Published: 2019-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“It’s nearly four,” Holly said once they’d exited the shuttle. She watched Savannah strap

Teddy into the stroller, then asked, “What do you want to do?”

After thinking for a moment, she said, “I think I’ll call Michael and see what their plans are. I’d like to wait here for a little bit in case that guy shows up.” She took her phone from her tote bag and placed the call.

“Yesss?” Michael said upon answering. When she didn’t respond, he said, “Savannah?”

“Yeah.”

“What’s wrong, hon?”

“Oh, Michael,” she said, her voice filled with emotion.

“What happened?” he asked, anxiously. “Are you…? Are the children...?”

“We’re okay, Michael. Everyone’s okay; it’s Rags.”

“What did he do now?” he asked, letting out a sigh.

“I think he’s been kidnapped.”

Michael paused for a few moments. “What makes you think that?”

“He got out of his harness and disappeared. We couldn’t find him up at the lodge, so we came back.” She took a couple of quick breaths. “Michael, we think he’s with a vagrant on a bicycle…”

“Oh. Now wait, honey. What lodge? He’s on a bicycle?”

“Well, he’s probably in the guy’s backpack. You know he’s ridden in a backpack before. Jennie took us to a lodge for lunch. Rags sneaked away and we think that guy took him. We’re waiting for him now at the shuttle stop. If he doesn’t show up here pretty soon…oh, Michael, he might have taken Rags to a place where people do awful things.”

“What place, Savannah? You’re talking kind of crazy.”

“Michael, Jennie told us about a place up here where derelicts and no-goods hang out, and she thinks he could have taken Rags there. To do what, we don’t know.” She took a few breaths to try to calm herself, then asked, “Are you still fishing?”

“No, we just called it a day.” He chuckled. “And not why you might think?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Well, it’s not because the kids got tired of fishing, or because we ran out of food, or because…”

“Why, Michael?” she asked. “Is everyone okay?”

“Yes, everyone’s fine. I’ll let Adam tell you,” he said. “Here, Son, want to share the news with Savannah?”

“Yeah,” he said excitedly. “Hi, Savannah. Guess what? We caught the…what is it Dad? What did we catch?” He then said into the phone, “Limit. That means it’s against the law for us to catch any more fish today.”

“Well that’s exciting news,” she said. “What a fun fishing day you guys had. And Cassie caught fish, too?”

“Yes, she caught the most.”

“That’s really cool. So glad you guys had a successful day of fishing. Listen, will you let me talk to your dad again?”

“Here Dad, Savannah wants to talk to you.”

“Thanks.” Into the phone, he said, “Neat news, isn’t it?”

“Uh-huh, I’m glad you all had a good time.”

“Yes, it was great. Now we’re on the dock showing off our fish. Where are you? How about if I have Phyll keep an eye on our catch and we’ll come there. I want to hear more about what you think is going on with Rags.

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