Mission Inn-possible 04 - Raspberry Revenge by Rosie A Point

Author:Rosie A Point
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00

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Inside the Gossip Cat Rescue Shelter, where it was relatively safe, Bridget sat in the corner on the phone, calling everyone knew to tell them about what had happened, while she waited for the cops to get there.

Gamma and I had stayed with her ‘til she’d calmed down enough to make the call, but it was time to get back to ‘business.’

“Good morning, Julia,” Gamma said. “How are you today?”

A volunteer at the shelter looked up and offered Gamma a sickeningly sweet smile. “Georgina! What a pleasure to have you back so soon,” she said, fluffing her bright red hair. “I hardly expected you back here so soon. You’re not due until… next week?” She squinted at her computer screen to check she was correct.

“Yes, that’s correct,” Gamma said, “but I came to discuss a sensitive issue with the volunteers. I have some questions about the cats.”

“Oh no, is everything OK?” Julia asked, fluttering eyelashes behind square-rimmed glasses. Her eyes were magnified to the point of obscenity.

“So to speak,” Gamma replied. “Is there somewhere we could speak privately?”

“Hmm. Just a second.” Julia headed for the door that separated the comforting pastel-colored front of the shelter from the back where the cats were fed and kept until they could be handed off to willing homes or foster centers. “Dalia, could you come look after the desk for a few?”

Another volunteer came through wearing another of the powder blue cat shelter shirts and took a place at the desk.

“This way,” Julia said, and beckoned for us to follow her into the office.

It was a small space, with a small, single-seater desk in the corner and a single pot of coffee that was cracked, sitting on top of a gray filing cabinet. Julia grabbed two plastic chairs from a stack in the corner and put them out for us.

We took seats, while the volunteer settled herself in the one behind the desk. She shifted back and forth in her chair, looking as uncomfortable as we felt.

“Right. I hope this is better?”

“Much better, thank you,” Gamma said.

“Great. What seems to be the issue?”

“I’ve heard some rumors recently,” Gamma said. “About cats going missing. I wanted to check that everything was OK here. Or if you’d heard anything of the sort in the past few weeks.”

Julia’s gaze dropped to the desk. She sucked in a deep breath. “Unfortunately, you’re right to be concerned. We’ve had some break-ins over the past few weeks. Thankfully, none of the cats were taken, but there was evidence that someone was trying to get into their cages.”

“No!” Gamma gasped. “That’s terrible. Did you call the police?”

“Oh yeah, we did. But they’re investigating a murder at the moment. It’s not like they have loads of manpower to handle theft.”

“They’re two different crimes,” I piped up. “Surely the detectives working on murders won’t be working on cat theft too. They should have the manpower to take you seriously. Otherwise, crime would be rife.”

Julia sniffed. “Be that as it may, they haven’t taken my requests seriously.

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