"It"s imperative I only talk to Joel Stevenson. Can you believe this, Daisy?" Piper looked down at the phone in her hand and shook her head with disgust, still mumbling as she walked across the room to sit next to the dog.
"What"s so important that I have to talk to the police tonight? Why can"t it wait till tomorrow? And just who is this Joel Stevenson—why is he so important that only he can take my statement?"
Daisy put her paw on Piper"s lap as if extending some comfort, and Piper absentmindedly scratched her ears.
She"d been taken by surprise when she got the phone call from her mother"s friend, Dolores. She knew Dolores worked for the police chief, but she never imagined she was so involved in an actual case. Dolores was insistent that the police officer in question would be there
