Chapter
16
Gingersnap rushed up to Sophie and rubbed up against her leg. “Well, who is that we know that they found?”
James cleared his throat. “Mr. Fifer.”
Sophie gasped. “I wonder who did this. This is awful and why are they talking to us. They don’t think we had anything to do with this do they?”
James shook his head. “No, I’m certain that it is just customary to go ask question around to all those close by to see if they possibly saw anything unusual. Remember we were already involved with the recycle bin incident.”
Sophie sighed. “Yes, I forgot about that. Well, we haven’t really much to tell them. Mr. Fifer didn’t have much to do with us. He never came over and bought anything, not even a coffee.”
“That’s true as I think he was a bit of strange fellow, along with Mr. Grant who has simply disappeared again. Maybe him?”
Sophie shrugged. “Maybe but something doesn’t add up. I don’t know what it is but there’s something missing in all this.”
Gingersnap purred loudly. He knew who that was, that strange person on the motorbike with the mean cat. He was guessing they would know something.
James reached out to Sophie, let’s not worry about this now. We have nothing to worry about.”
Sophie smiled weakly at him. “I’m glad I have you through all this. This ordeal is turning into a nightmare. But we I better fill these orders despite all this.”
James smiled. “I’ll be right there helping you.”
Gingersnap looked up at both of them. He was happy Sophie had James for support and glad that he had James for a friend too. He watched them go off to the kitchen talking quietly. Gingersnap padded over to his dish and found a few treats and washed them down with some nice cool water.
He leaped up onto the desk to look out the window. He could see officers going over every morsel of the burn building looking for more clues. There were only a couple of dogs now. But he decided that the best place for him was right where he was. Didn’t need to be around dogs that could chase him.
Instead he went out to the part where the people had their treats and beverage. They were use to him making his way around the room to check things out. Most of the customers smiled at him. Gingersnap made his usual way around and got half way when a scent he caught made him stop in his tracks. He crouched down under an empty table surveying the area for where the scent came from. Up a head was someone sitting and they were wearing a dark jacket with a hood. Very carefully he creeped along to where they were sitting.
They were busy eating a piece of pie. When he came around, he noticed it was Susan who was going to be building the new dress shop. She didn’t look happy and Gingersnap maybe could see why. All this would delay her building of her new shop. He sat beside her for a moment until she looked down and gave him a dirty look.
Gingersnap quickly moved on and went back up to the desk to look out again. He wouldn’t be going in the there until she left. There was something about her that Gingersnap couldn’t pick up on but it wasn’t cat friendly.
James came out of the kitchen with a decorated cake ready to go in its box. As he put it in, he looked over at Gingersnap. “Hey Gingie, make sure you stay in. Those dogs are still out there and we don’t know how long they are going to be staying.”
Gingersnap let out a weak mew in response. James came a petted Gingersnap as he looked out the window. “Anything new going on over there, Gingersnap? I hope they pack up soon and they can get on with the investigation. We have to answer questions which I’m not looking forward too.”
Gingersnap purred to almost say the same thing. He didn’t like Sophie or James being caught up in this mess. Suddenly a dog howled startling them both. One of the dogs had found something. Gingersnap heard noise behind him that was coming from the front. He looked around and at the counter was Susan who quickly paid and went rushing out the door.
Gingersnap watched the officers all run toward the dog who had found something. They all stood around the dog and Gingersnap wondered what they had found now. One of the officers held up an object of clothing. It looked like a hat.
Now He saw Susan out there in the back watching them as well. James noticed too and he started to watch her. But then when she saw the hat she quickly disappeared. “I wonder what that was about?”
Gingersnap let out a low growl when he saw the big mean cat come out of the shadows. He disappeared quickly when one of the dogs came trotting out of the bush with something in its mouth. It was another hat. Gingersnap was wondering what was with the hats. But then he remembered about the night he saw Mr. Fifer and Mr. Grant Loading up hat boxes.
James continued to watch the dog with the hat. “Hey that hat looks familiar. It couldn’t be. That looks like Mr. Grant’s hat. He wore one like that the last time he was here.”
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