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Flossy and put her in
the kitchen. She shut the door and came back to the table.

    “You could have kept her around,” Pete
murmured. “The smell of this pasta is so tempting, and there’s nothing to eat
for her in the kitchen.”

    “Nothing to eat?” Vanessa objected.
“There’s five bowls of cat food on the floor, but she always seems to be more
interested in what I’m eating.”

    Pete suppressed a grin and bent over
his food. Vanessa picked up Amber off her seat and let the cat settle on her
lap. Amber curled up and fell asleep.

Chapter 7
    As Vanessa exited the Casper Crossing
Police station, she glanced over and noticed Flossy jumping through the
station’s hedges.

    “Hello, Vanessa.” Andrea shouted.

    Vanessa glanced over towards Andrea as
she walked across the parking lot. Behind her, Frank and Sabrina stepped out of
his silver Mercedes.

    “Good morning, Andrea.” Vanessa called
out.

    “Detective Wheeler made you drive all the
way out here too?” Andrea asked.

    Frank passed by Vanessa without a word,
and stepped into the station.

     “Now
that the police are investigating Jerry’s death as a murder, I had to make an
official witness statement,” Vanessa explained.

    “I hope they will resolve this quickly,”
Andrea remarked.

    “Me too. I still can’t believe that it
happened at the sanctuary,” Vanessa lamented.

    “Please say hello to AngelPie for me,”
Andrea smiled and waved goodbye.

    “I will,” Vanessa replied.

    Vanessa picked up Flossy who had been
chasing a bird outside the police station. She walked to her car and noticed
Sabrina still leaning against the Mercedes texting on her phone.

    “You just let them roam around without
you?” Sabrina snickered as she looked up at Vanessa.

    “They are responsible, and I hate the
thought of leaving them in a hot car,” Vanessa proclaimed as she approached her
station wagon which had Teddy sprawled out on the roof.

    “Why don’t you just leave them at home,”
Sabrina retorted.

    “Because they want to come with me.
They enjoy coming out to town as much as I do. I used to live right around the
corner above the Opportunity Shop. This was practically their backyard,”
Vanessa explained.

    Sabrina rolled her eyes and went back
to typing on her phone.

    “I’m sorry to hear about your
boyfriend,” Vanessa offered.

    “What do you mean? What do you know
about him?” Sabrina snapped.

    Flossy jumped out of Vanessa arms and raced
around the Mercedes.

    “Andrea told me about him. I hear you
take such good care of him at the hospital,” Vanessa explained. “I hope his
condition isn’t too serious?”

    Sabrina looked down. “Thank you, but I
don’t want to talk about it with you.”

    Flossy jumped up and pounced on
Sabrina’s white purse, which had been placed on the hood. The purse’s contents
spilt out across the pavement. Sabrina shrieked.

    “Oh, I am so sorry,” Vanessa cried out.
“Flossy is very playful and sometimes her instincts take over.”

    Sabrina stooped down and started to
collect the assortment of items. Vanessa reached down and gathered old credit card
receipts together. Before Vanessa could react, Flossy batted at her hands
sending the receipts into the air.

    “I guess you were right,” Sabrina
smiled then started to laugh. “A cat’s instincts are well ingrained.”

    Vanessa’s faced flushed red. “Yes, she
is rambunctious.”

    “I needed a laugh. It’s been stressful
taking care of Peter.  That’s my
boyfriend’s name. The foundation has also demanded a lot more of my time since
Jerry’s death,” Sabrina conceded. Vanessa handed an old tube of lip-gloss to
Sabrina, which was the last of the scattered items.

    “I have heard Jerry was an important
part of the foundation,” Vanessa remarked.

    “We have been working hard to fill his
absence,” Sabrina asserted. “After the long days at the foundation, I visit the
hospital and stay most of the night. Sometimes, I even sleep