The phone's shrill ringing jarred me out of yet another good night's sleep...at three in the morning. I was beginning to think I should just set my alarm for three in the morning so I could already be awake and having a cup of coffee when I got the inevitable call. "This had better be good," I muttered.
Rolling over and groggily picking up the phone, I heard a frantic Cairo Luz asking me for help finding her pet skunk, Chicago. "Hmm, have you checked under the bed?...okay, are ya sure she's not just hidin' under the covers or somethin'?...well, I'm sure she'll be fine...okay, hang on, I'll be right over. She's probably still in your room somewhere, but I'll help ya find her. I'll be over in a few minutes." I hung up and got dressed, promising myself that I'd go to the candy store in the morning and treat myself to a HUGE chocolate bar for taking a case like this one in the middle of the night. And maybe go to the beauty shop and get a manicure too. Doin' PI work once in a while to keep a good cover was one thing, but I didn't know I was going to become a pet detective too...then again, maybe nothing was really as it seemed. Poor Cairo was really worried about Chicago, and even though I doubted that anybody would break in and kidnap a pet skunk, I'd heard of stranger doings. Especially in THIS neighborhood...