Detective Dudley was in the office with Chica the Cat Detective from Brazil, they were going through the old case notes, Detective Dudley was pointing out the relevant points to Chica when the phone rang.
‘Detective Dudley agency can I help you?’ Said Miss Milly, she wrote the details down and thanked the caller and turned to Detective Dudley and said ‘we have a case!’
‘What is it Miss Milly?’ asked Detective Dudley
‘Well’ said Miss Milly ‘it’s a first for us Detective Dudley. A cat has been kidnapped’
Detective Dudley turned to Detective Chica and said ‘well Chica this is good timing you can join us on this one, with your inside knowledge of the cat world’
They got the details and set off to the address.
Soon after Junior Detective Lula entered the office ‘hello Miss Milly, where is Detective Dudley? Not with that darn cat I hope… I mean a cat detective it’s just not right is it, what can cats do better than us dogs?’
Miss Milly looked up from her magazine and said ‘climb trees, they have nine life’s’, when they fall they land on their feet, unlike you they like cleaning themselves, oh and they bury their own poo!’
‘Urghhhhhhhhhh’ said J.D Lula
Miss Milly replied ‘they have a case and have both gone to solve it, a cat has been kidnapped’
‘Where have they gone? I will join them, there may be alien abduction involved’ said J.D.Lula
Miss Milly answered ‘I very much doubt aliens would leave a ransom note! And anyway Detective Dudley told me to ask you to sort out the old case files ’
J.D Lula replied somewhat tartly ‘sort out the files! That’s your job, you’re the secretary where as I am a Detective’
Miss Milly looking over her glasses said ‘yes a very Junior Detective, so get on with it!’
Meanwhile, Detectives Dudley and Chica arrived at the address given to them by Miss Milly; they rang the doorbell and were invited in.
‘So can we see the kidnap letter please’ asked Detective Dudley.
He was handed the letter by the cat’s owner Lady Francesca of Bridgway
He shared this with Chica and read it out loud.
‘If you wants to see your cat again then I wants sum money put £1000 in a bag and get ready for my phone call I will tells you where to drop the dosh off, no police or you will never see the cat again’
‘Any thoughts?’ asked Detective Dudley keen to get Detective Chica involved in the case
Chica replied ‘I would say that by the standard of the spelling this is a person or persons of low intellect perhaps even lower than J.D. Lula………….only joking!’
Detective Dudley smiling said ‘yes I agree, except the Lula bit of course…… although she has her moments!’ Dudley continued ‘Lady Francesca tell us exactly what happened’
Lady Francesca answered ‘I got up this morning expecting to be greeted by my darling Porsche but nothing; I found the ransom letter in the kitchen pushed through the back door’.
‘Have you a picture of Porsche please?’ asked Chica
Lady Francesca went to a table and brought back a picture of Porsche and gave it to Chica.
‘My, what a beauty she is this Porsche!!! oh laa laa!!! nearly as sexy as me’ retorted Chica.
‘I am just scared they may come back for any of my other pets’ said Lady Francesca
Detective Dudley asked ‘you have other pets?’
Lady Francesca replied ‘yes there is, Tommy, Ada, Sheldon and Amy the Turtles and Angelina and Bill my dogs’
A somewhat surprised Dudley said ‘you have dogs, did they not hear anything, where are they?’
Lady Francesca called for Angelina and Bill, both sheepishly joined them.
‘Did either of you not hear anything while Porsche was been taken? Both dogs shook their heads, Dudley went on ‘what kind of guard dogs are you, to let someone kidnap Porsche and leave a ransom note?’
Angelina replied ‘I am not a guard dog, he is the guard dog’ she pointed at Bill.
Bill pointing back said ‘I am not the guard dog you are!’
Angelina ‘Am not’
Bill ‘Are’
Angelina ‘Not’
Detective Dudley ‘will you both shut up! So neither of you heard anything?’
Both dogs shook their heads again and left the room
Angelina ‘not’
Bill ‘am’
‘Sorry about that’ said Lady Francesca who went on ‘what shall we do next?’
Detective Dudley said ‘we will send over Junior Detective Lula so when you get the ransom call she can be with you and get the details to let us know, we will go back to the office and await the call’
Back in the office Detective Dudley spoke to J.D.Lula ‘ Ah that is very good of you to sort those old files out, nice to see you helping Miss Milly out, good team work’ Lula looked over to Miss Milly and gave her a cross look, she knew she had been conned. Detective Dudley informed Lula of the situation and sent her off to stay with Lady Francesca till the kidnappers rang.
Later back at the office the phone rang, it was Junior Detective Lula she spoke on the speaker phone ‘the kidnappers have rang, they want us to take the money in a plain bag and meet them in the main park, there is a seat next to the fountain they will come there and do the exchange at 9pm tonight, they told me no police or they will not let Porsche go, what do you want me to do Detective Dudley?’
‘do as they say, we will be there covering you, once you have Porsche take her straight back to Lady Francesca and leave the kidnappers to us’ replied Detective Dudley who turned to Miss Milly ‘speak to Inspector Bruce and WPC Janet tell them what has happened and that we will meet them at the park we will get there about 8pm and find a good hiding spot’
At the park Detective Dudley and Chica met Inspector Bruce Corner of the Yard and his assistant WPC Janet. ‘there are two entrances to the park’ said Inspector Bruce ‘me and WPC Janet will cover the south entrance and you and Chica can do the north, we all have walkie talkies so keep in touch as soon as you see anything let us know, make sure they do not see you and we will move in as soon as the exchange takes place’
Inspector Bruce and WPC Janet moved off to the south entrance, Dudley turned to Chica and said ‘right let’s find a hiding place’ Chica who had a backpack with her said ‘I will climb up this tree here, I will get a good view from there’
‘Ok’ said Dudley ‘I will go behind that tree near where Lula is sitting, if you see anything let me know? At that, Chica disappeared up the tree.
To be continued….
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