Meow or Never (Vanessa Abbot Cat Protection League Cat Cozy Mystery Series Book 3) by Nancy C. Davis
Author:Nancy C. Davis [Davis, Nancy C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: detective, cozy mystery, Amateur Sleuth, mysteries, Cats, cat, woman sleuth
Publisher: cat cozy mysteries - C Collins Publishing
Published: 2015-07-01T23:00:00+00:00
Chapter 7
“Well, that's it,” Pete remarked. “The fire crew cleared the building. Only your bathroom was destroyed in the blast. The rest of your apartment is still intact.”
Vanessa put her head to one side. “Are you saying I'm supposed to spend the night in there tonight, after someone sabotaged my heater and blew up my apartment?”
“There's nothing wrong with the apartment,” he told her. “The fire crew turned the gas off, and you won't be able to turn it back on until you get that heater fixed. But the rest of the apartment is still perfectly livable.”
“I'm not going back in there,” she declared.
“I thought you might want to,” he told her. “Where else can you stay with thirteen cats?”
Vanessa blinked. “I didn't think of that.”
“No, you didn't,” he replied. “I'm happy to take you anywhere you want. It just might be kind of difficult to find a place for you and the cats at this time of night, if you know what I mean.”
She nodded. “I'm beginning to… What do you think I should do?”
He stared at her. Then he snorted with laughter. “I think that's probably the first time you've ever asked me that question.”
She hesitated. Then she had to smile. “Stop teasing and tell me. Do you really think I should spend the night in that apartment? How do we know whoever sabotaged it didn't sabotage something else, just to make sure I didn't make it through the night?”
“I don't think you should spend the night in there,” he replied. “I just didn't think you would consent to go somewhere else without your cats. I thought you would be most comfortable staying with them, and that means staying here.”
“So what's the alternative?” she asked.
“From what I saw just now,” he replied, “…they look perfectly comfortable here in the shop. Why don't you leave them here, just until the morning. You can work out another situation tomorrow after you've had a good night's sleep under police protection.”
“I don't think I'll sleep, no matter where I go,” she told him, “not after this.”
“But at least you'll be safe,” he pointed out. “If you won't do it for yourself, then do it for me. I'm a cop, and I'm your friend, if I'm nothing else. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you when I had the power to prevent it. Let me take you somewhere else. Turn off the light and let the cats spend the night in the shop. Even if whoever it was did sabotage something else in the apartment, they should be safe down here.”
She glanced back at the shop. “All right. You convinced me. Where are you going to take me?”
“Penny and Alan are spending the night over at the TipTop Motel on the other side of town,” he told her. “I'll take you there, too.”
He ushered her into his car, and drove her across town. He knocked on one of the doors at the motel, and Penny opened it.
“Do you mind if Vanessa stays here with you while I go and book her a room?” he asked.
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