Short Tails by Spencer Quinn

Author:Spencer Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

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The next morning we were back upstairs in the Galaxatron office, just me and Bernie. Down on the main level, Ricardo, all smiles, or at least part smiles, was welcoming Mrs. Parsons, in her wheelchair, and Mr. Parsons, pushing it, and … and Iggy? Iggy sitting in Mrs. Parsons’s lap? Iggy was in the picture?

He couldn’t see me looking down at him, on account of what I believe is called the one-way glass, but of course he could smell me, lucky little guy! Not the point, which was that he smelled me, looked up, and started barking. Bernie laid his finger across his lips. That meant silence. Not a peep out of me. I’m a pro.

They came to the Galaxatron. Mrs. Parsons handed Iggy to Mr. Parsons. The huge, heavy door swung open, revealing pink, pulsating light, but not much more that I could see. Ricardo pushed the wheelchair inside and stepped back out. The door began to close. At that moment, Iggy leaped from Mr. Parsons’s arms and dashed into the Galaxatron. The door shut with a muffled thunk.

“Oh my god,” said Ricardo.

“That’s all right,” Mr. Parsons said. “He can stay.”

Time passed. Mr. Parsons and Ricardo sat on a golden couch off to one side, the only furniture down there. Bernie and I watched from above. It was very quiet. Was this a case? If so, who was paying?

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