Chapter
13
Gingersnap and Sophie were keeping an eye
out for what was happening next door. Things were getting crazier by the
minute. First the police show up and wrap the place in yellow tape and road
blocks to prevent people from coming down the back alley.
After about an hour, an emergency vehicle
showed up but no action on what they were doing there. Just a lot of people
combing the area and then a dog unit shows up. Gingersnap almost hid behind the
curtain when the barking hounds came bounding out of the van. Sophie kept
stretching her neck to see what was going on.
James came up. “Keeping an eye on what is
going on out there?”
Without looking back, she said. “Yup, they
brought the dogs in now so we will see what they find.”
James came rushing over to see. “The dogs
are here now? Maybe they will find a body after all?”
Sophie looked at him. “I hope not as we
might know who they were.”
James made a face. “Yeah, your right but I
hope they come up with something.”
Gingersnap eyed every move those dogs
made. One who appeared to be the leader was wearing a red bandana around its
neck. He kept looking over at the back of the bakery and that made Gingersnap
nervous. Maybe they were looking in the wrong area and that so called body was
on their side. The hair on the back of his neck stood up.
Finally on of the other dogs caught a
scent and it led him over to their side and he barked. That made everyone jump
including Gingersnap who let out a little growl. Sophie petted him. “It’s okay
Gingersnap, those puppies can’t get near you.”
She kept petting him but Gingersnap
couldn’t relax until the dogs were back over on the other side. One of the
police officers came over to see what the dog had found. He called over to
another fellow who came over with his dog.
“That dog is digging on our side!”
James was stretching over to see. Sophie
even got up on a chair to see what was going on. “I see the officer hovering
over the dog digging. He’s pulling up something. It’s a piece of clothing. The
officer has it now. Hey, it looks like some kind of hat.”
She looked down at James. “A red cap and
it looks like it’s a bit beat up.”
“Isn’t that what Mr. Fifer used to wear in
the tool shop,” asked James.
Sophie’s eyes went wide. “I think you are
right. But what’s it doing on our side buried?”
James shrugged. “Maybe a dog found it over
there and buried it. You know how dogs like to bury things.”
“That’s true but this for some reason
doesn’t feel like that.”
The back door buzzard rang.
Sophie got down off the chair and answered
the back door. Standing there were two police officers and the dog. The police
officer held up the bedraggled red cap. Sophie instantly recognized the red
cap. Mr. Fifer wore that thing all the time in the shop. A funny feeling
settled in Sophie. What happened to Mr. Fifer?
“As you can see,” said the officer as he
was holding up the red cap. “It has grease stains on it so we are guessing it
came from the shop. Have you seen this cap before by chance?”
James was now standing beside Sophie
looking at the red cap. Sophie cleared her throat. “Yes, we have. It belongs to
Mr. Fifer, who had the tool shop. Have you found him?”
The officer shook his head. “No, we haven’t
and as we understand Mr. Fifer sold his property but things are not adding up.
The new owner of the property is nowhere to be found. But we will continue to
hunt for both of them. But we were wondering if you would know why Mr. Fifer’s
cap would be found on your property?”
Sophie suddenly didn’t like the tone of
the officer’s voice. What was he implying thought Sophie? “I have no idea what
it was doing here. We certainly did not put it there.”
The sharpness in Sophie’s voice pushed the
officer back a bit. He nodded. “Well, if you hear anything, do let us know.”
Sophie shut the door and looked up at
James. “Did you hear that? He thought we might have put it there?”
James shrugged. “I guess they had to ask.
It’s their job.”
Sophie nodded. “Well. We better get some
orders done up.”
Gingersnap came out and sat on the
windowsill to get a good view of across the road. The dogs were at one end for
some reason and then something caught Gingersnap’s attention. Something wearing
black streaked across the alley to their side. Gingersnap sat up ready to howl.
Then he lost sight of the black thing. The next thing he sees is someone
bending over digging in another area on their side. Gingersnap had to almost
stand up on his hind legs to see them. They were burying something else.
Suddenly one of the dogs barked and
started charging over to their side. The person in black ran for it and
Gingersnap could hear a motor bike start up and take off. It sounded like it
was just around the corner of the bake shop.
The other dogs now came too along with the
two police officers. They found the spot where they were digging. But it
appeared that whatever they were about to bury, they didn’t do it because of
the dogs.
Gingersnap huddled close behind the
curtain so the dogs wouldn’t see him. One of the officers bent over and did
pick up something. It was a woman’s scarf. Gingersnap knew that scarf, it
belonged to Susan, the new dress shop owner.
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