Ginger Snap & Murder by Susan Gillard

Author:Susan Gillard [Gillard, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group LLC.
Published: 2018-11-19T22:00:00+00:00

Sadness at the Shelter

“I’m feeling much better,” Amy assured Heather as she sat in the passenger seat of Heather’s car. “I can talk to the other suspect with you guys. Really.”

“I think you are more yourself now,” Heather agreed. “But Ryan and Peters are still trying to find date #2.”

“If they’re having this much trouble finding the guy whose first name and job we know, how will we be able to find #3?” Amy quipped.

“We’ll figure out a way,” Heather said. “But I did think of something that we could do while we’re waiting. We can look at the dogs that Lee was thinking of adopting.”

“I’m happy to play with the pups,” Amy said. “But do you think that could have any real bearing on the murder?”

“It might have something to do with Lee’s state of mind recently,” Heather said. “Remember how Sara told us that Lee would have to make a decision about which dog to adopt soon because of the adoption event? She seemed distracted after she realized this and Tracy was concerned about her. Maybe this decision affected other aspects of her life, and that could relate to the reason why someone attacked her.”

Amy shrugged. “This seems more like an excuse to play with the dogs. But if there’s a chance it will help with the case, then I’m game. And it will let me check that everything is still going well with Santa Paws. Because I really do need to find Prince a good home.”

“We’re almost there,” Heather said.

She finished making the final turn onto the street where the animal shelter was, and found a parking spot. The volunteers were there were bustling around, but some of the joviality they experienced on their previous visit was missing.

“Heather, Amy,” Sara said when she saw them. “Are you here to help out?”

“We’re actually working on the case right now,” Heather said. “Trying to figure out what happened to Lee.”

“Sara,” the volunteer Vicky said, interrupting them. “I’m not sure what to do. Butch CassiFlea keeps drooling on his sweater. And I don’t think that’s the look we’re going for.”

Heather noticed a bandage on Vicky’s arm and wondered if that wasn’t all that Butch CassiFlea was doing. She hoped that he wasn’t a biter.

“There might be a festive bib that we can put on him,” Sara said. “It would let a potential family know that he drools sometimes, but it is cute.”

“Okay. I’ll do that.” Then Vicky turned to the others. “It’s good to see you again. Those donuts you brought before were wonderful. You don’t happen to have any more, do you?”

“I’m afraid not at the moment,” said Heather.

“They’re here as members of their other profession,” Sara explained. “They’re private investigators too. And they’re trying to figure out who hurt Lee.”

“I didn’t realize you were investigators. But we all have been so sad all day since we heard what happened to Lee. I tried to cheer everyone up and brought in chocolate covered pretzels. Though I know your donuts would have been better.

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