E19【纯英朗读】The case file was a single piece of paper!

E19 The case file was a single piece of paper!

“Let’s not tell the mayor just yet—” said Bogo.

“And I sent it, and it’s done, so I did do that,” interrupted Bellwether.

“Well, I’d say the case is in good hands!” Bellwether smiled at Judy. “We little guys really need to stick together! Right?”

“Like glue!” Judy responded.

“Good one,” Bellwether said. “Just call me if you ever need anything. You’ve always got a friend at city hall, Judy. All right, bye bye!” “Thank you, ma’am,” Judy said.

Bogo forced a smile and closed the door. He turned to Judy, even angrier than before. “I will give you forty-eight hours,” he said.

“YES!” cried Judy.

“That’s two days to find Emmitt Otterton.” “Okay.”

“But you strike out, you resign.”

Judy couldn’t believe what he was suggesting. “Oh, uh...,” She thought for a moment and then nodded. “Okay...deal,” she said.

“Splendid. Clawhauser will give you the complete case file,” Bogo said.

Excited, Judy rushed out to the front desk to retrieve the case file. “Here you go!” sang Clawhauser, handing her the file. “One missing otter!”

Judy opened the folder and her jaw dropped. Inside was a single piece of paper. “That’s it?” she said in disbelief.

“Yikes! That is the smallest case file I’ve ever seen! Leads: none. Witnesses: none. And you’re not in the computer system yet, so resources: none.” Clawhauser chuckled. “I hope you didn’t stake your career on cracking this one,” he said, smiling.

Judy didn’t smile back. Clawhauser took a bite of his donut and crumbs landed on the picture inside the file.

“Last known sighting...,” she said, looking at the photo under Clawhauser’s donut crumbs. The picture was from a traffic camera and showed Mr. Otterton on the street.

Judy blew the crumbs off and noticed something about the picture. She squinted. Still unable to see, she looked around.

“Let me borrow that.” She grabbed Clawhauser’s empty soda bottle. She looked through it, using the glass at the bottom to magnify the image. 

Now she could see Mr. Otterton holding a frozen treat. She examined it and said thoughtfully, “Pawpsicle.”

“ The murder weapon!” Clawhauser said, nodding.

“Get your pawpsicle...,” Judy said, thinking back to the incident with Nick.

“Yeah, because...What does that mean?” asked Clawhauser.

“It means I...have a lead.” She headed out, leaving Clawhauser sitting at his desk, confused.