Byrne’s special case. The chief introduced his three police
officers to Judge Harry.
After the judge told McTagger how Jenny had gotten
away from her hotel, they all went in and inspected Jenny’s house. Chief
McTagger then suggested they go out and check over the
property.
One of the officers used a battery-operated spotlight
to scan the front of her property. Satisfied all was okay,
they next checked out the garage and the barn; still no
Jenny or Uno. They walked around to the back of her
house and scanned the back property for anything usual
till the lights shone on the open gateway. Judge Harry,
seeing the open gateway, shouted for the officers to follow
him. In his heart, the judge knew that something was not
right. Jenny’s car was still parked in her driveway, and her
luggage was unpacked and sitting in the hallway. On top of
all that, the gate was open, and he knew that Jenny always
kept it closed for fear of the animals upsetting Uno.
On command, the officers and the judge began hunting
the backgrounds for Jenny and her dog. They called out
their names while watching the spotlight scan the ground’s
horizon while searching for them.
A knot had formed in pit of Judge Harry Moore’s
stomach while he was wishing that he had discouraged
Jenny from buying a house out in the country.
decisions.