Jo slipped through the opening. She smiled at Mattie, who looked around with terrified eyes. Jo knew if anyone could track Tai Tek down, Mattie’s dogs could. She had found the quiet girl in the back, hiding under Sasha’s cage.
“Mattie, I need your help,” Jo had whispered when she saw Peewee’s big paws sticking out from under the cage. “Please, I need you to get the dogs to find someone.”
Mattie had reluctantly crawled out from under the cage, looking very frightened and young. “Who?” she had asked softly.
Jo pulled a small piece of fabric out by the corner from where she had found it where Tai Tek had been sitting. A piece of his pant leg had ripped when the female next to him knocked him sideways. Jo had seen it from her position up high.
“Tai Tek,” Jo responded. “Please, I know your
