Chapter Thirty Nine
When they reached Dr. Poole’s front door, Riley rang the doorbell, but nobody answered for quite a long time. Riley rang again.
Finally the speaker next to the door rattled to life, and the doctor’s voice called out.
“Who is it?”
Bill replied, “Doctor Gordy, it’s Agents Jeffreys and Paige. Bill and Riley. We talked to you yesterday.”
The voice stammered a little in confusion.
“Gosh, I—I wasn’t expecting you tonight,” he said. “Did I forget an appointment? I don’t think I wrote anything down …”
“I’m so sorry to bother you, Dr. Gordy,” Riley said. “This is a bit of an emergency. We’ll make things as quick as we can.”
“An emergency! My goodness!” the doctor said. “Of course, come in.”
The door swung open, and Bill and Riley walked inside. Gordon Poole was fully dr
