Chapter Four; Lost and Found

Jeannie breathed a sad little sigh as she walked back inside through the front door. "Hey Jeannie, what's wrong?" Roger asked her as he was there to greet her.

"Where is my master?" she asked him.

"He went to the store and he told me to keep an eye on you. But what he doesn't realize is that is very hard to do considering the fact that you're a genie and you could disappear at any moment. Now what's wrong? Why the long face?" he asked her before to his complete and utter horror and astonishment she suddenly burst into tears.

"I cannot tell you Roger Healey!" she sobbed with a quick shake of her head. "For if I do you will know that I lied to you and Anthony and then neither one of you will ever speak to me again!" she exclaimed.

"Oh come on Jeannie don't be ridiculous, you know that's not true! I love you from the bottom of my own heart, you're like a sister to me and you know that Tony's crazy about you!" he told her. "Now come on, you couldn't have done anything that bad." He told her while he glanced down at her before grabbing her a Kleenex out of the tissue box and handing it to her so that she could blow her nose.

"I went to the park today while you and Anthony were at work even though he specifically told me not to." She told him.

"And what that's it?" he inquired but she quickly shook her head again and blew her nose even louder.

"No, when I was jogging I found this dog and I brought him home." She told him.

"Oh, so that explains why Tony told me that he had thought that he heard a dog barking earlier on." He said.

"Yes but the problem is that he ran away and now I can't find him anywhere." She told him with a sniff.

"Well maybe I can help you. Do you remember what he looked like?" he asked her as she nodded at him.

"Yes I do. He was a tiny white scruffy little puppy except he had a big black spot on his back which is why I chose to name him that." She explained as he nodded.

"Oh I see, Spot. Good name. Tell you what, if you promise to calm down and stop crying I'll go out and help you look for him." He assured her.

"You will?" she asked him eagerly.

"Of course I will, we are buddies after all." He told her.

"Thank you Roger Healey." She told him before she threw her arms around his neck and embraced him tightly and then kissed his cheek.

"You're welcome, and don't worry, I'll think of something to tell Tony." He told her as he turned around and headed for the door right as Tony came inside.

"Tell me what?" he asked him.

"Oh, well,.. to tell you that your fly is down." Roger told him as he motioned zipping it up before walking out the door. Tony quickly glanced down at his zipper and zipped it up.

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"Spot!" Roger Healey called through his hands while he walked down the sidewalk. "Here boy!" he exclaimed with a whistle just as he was passing by the Bellows' house. Mr. Bellows stopped at the end of the driveway and rolled down his window at him.

"Are you alright Colonel Healey?" he inquired.

"Well I am but I'm afraid Jeannie's not." Roger told him.

"Oh I see, stomach upset?" Mr. Bellows wondered.

"No she lost her dog." Roger told him.

"Really? Amanda and I just found a dog. Is he white with a big black spot on top of his back?" he asked him.

"Yep, that's him! You mean that you found him!?" Roger cried eagerly. "Oh Jeannie will be so happy!" he exclaimed as Mr. Bellows nodded.

"Yes, we've got him. I'm afraid that Amanda will be terribly disappointed though. However, seeing as neither of us want to see Jeannie upset I'll go ahead and tell her that we have to give him back to her. Just come along inside and I'll give him to you." He said before he rolled the window back up and continued pulling inside the driveway.

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"Amanda I'm back and I'm afraid that I have some really bad news." Mr. Bellows said as he and Roger Healey stepped inside the living room. That's when Mrs. Bellows came around the corner followed by Spot trotting along behind him wagging his tail.

"Oh hello Colonel Healey, what are you doing here?" she asked him.

"Well you see Amanda that's the bad news that I was just telling you about. I'm afraid that that dog belongs to Jeannie." Her husband told her as Roger bent down in front of the puppy who trotted over to him wagging his tail.

"Oh Spot, Jeannie will be happy to see you." He told him as he ran his hand along his back before he lifted him up into the air and hoisted him up inside his arms and then turned to look back at the Bellows. "I'm sorry, I hate to take him away from you like this." He told them.

"No that's alright. He belongs to Jeannie and if I ever lost a pet I would be completely devastated too. Alfred and I can always get a new dog. Especially now since we've got all the supplies for it. The most important thing to us is that Jeannie's happy." Mrs. Bellows told him as she smiled at him warmly. That's when Roger thanked them both before he said goodbye and then carried Spot back out the door.