Chapter 43Sara, Birdie and Bao exited Maleko's front gate while officers headed toward their patrol cars. Birdie snapped her fingers to signal Ka'imi to follow. The detective placed the box of evidence into the trunk of his car along with several bags of the moldy stack of clothing.
Sara having privately disclosed her hunches to the detectives, the plan was to leave a couple of officers behind to apprehend Maleko and bring him in for questioning before he could again set foot onto his property. Bao would dig out that old photo from his mementos.
A loud clattering came from the far end of the junk stack. Both Sara and Birdie turned quickly to see Ka'imi jump out of the way of old two-by-fours that collapsed onto the junk pile. Then she began again, sniffing away at the junk. Before Birdie
