Purrfectly Dogged (The Mysteries of Max Book 19) by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Print Publications
Published: 2020-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Odelia had gone in search of her grandmother and her cats but so far she hadn’t found them. Gran wasn’t answering her phone, and she wasn’t at the house either. So she’d decided to drop by her dad’s office to see if she wasn’t holed up there.

Dad came out of his office when she walked in, looking slightly rattled.

“Hey, Dad. Have you seen Gran by any chance?”

“No, and if I never see her again it will be too soon,” said her father, indicating he wasn’t happy with Vesta, which wasn’t unusual. Tex and his mother-in-law didn’t always see eye to eye. In fact it wasn’t too much to say they sometimes fought like cats and dogs.

“What happened?” asked Odelia, resigning herself to listening to a long harangue. But her father was concise in his description of her grandmother’s latest shenanigans.

“She walked out saying she was determined to become a cracker and that’s the last time I saw her,” he said with a shrug.

“She meant CCREC’er,” said Odelia. “The Cat Committee for the Re-Education of Canines. She wants to teach dogs to do their business in a litter box instead of on sidewalks, parks and people’s lawns.”

“Oh,” said Tex, taken aback by this. “Well, that’s not such a bad idea, actually.”

“The idea has merit, but she’s presenting it as a campaign sanctioned by Uncle Alec, and I don’t think people are going to like the way she’ll try to ram it down their throats.”

“Alec sanctioned a campaign to re-educate dogs?”

“No, he didn’t. He’s got nothing to do with this, but Gran wants him to run for mayor, and she seems to think this is a good way for him to launch his campaign.”

“Alec is running for mayor?” asked her father, more and more mystified.

“No, he’s not. Gran wants him to run, but he’s refusing, saying it’s the last thing in the world he wants to do. But you know Gran. She doesn’t take no for an answer.”

“Oh, do I know your grandmother,” said Dad, a look of regret on his face.

“She’s not picking up her phone. The last thing Max told me is that she wanted to recruit Father Reilly to the cause.”

Dad’s eyebrows shot up into his white fringe. “Surely Father Reilly knows better than to allow himself to be dragged into your grandmother’s crazy schemes?”

“Gran can be very convincing when she wants to be. I better go over to the church, and see what she’s been up to.”

“Tell her that if she doesn’t come back I’m hiring another receptionist!” said Tex as she walked out.

“Will do, Dad!” she hollered back with a grin. She knew her dad would never do that. First of all, he was too stingy to hire and pay anyone to pick up the phone, and secondly, if he got rid of Gran he’d get an earful from Mom.

She got back into her car, and made her way through town to St. John’s Church, which was located near Town Hall. She parked across from the church and looked around.

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