"Hi, is Mr. Nick Stokes here?" A lady with a little girl inquired at the
front desk.
"Let me check." The receptionist replied. She checked the sign out log. "No, he's not back in yet." She spied Nick coming up the walk. "Um, that's him coming in the building now."
The lady turned around. "Mr. Stokes?"
"Yes." Nick responded.
"I'm Rebecca Janapolis and this is my daughter Emily. I understand you have Zeus, our goat."
"Zeus? Hmm, I guess that's a good name. I've been calling him Billy. He's here at the lab." Nick replied.
"I hope he hasn't been too much trouble. He's quite a handful. We really didn't know what we were getting into when we took him." She said.
"Oh, he hasn't been all that bad. How did you end up with a baby goat?" He asked the question everyone wanted answered.
"Well, we were at my husband's uncle's place, he was gonna kill him because the nanny goat died in labor and Zeus was just too young to fend for himself. Emily became very upset so we decided to adopt him." She explained.
"Oh, that reminds me, I have some of his formula and a couple of bottles at my house. I'll drop them by this evening on my way in to work if that's okay. One of my co-workers grew up on a ranch and figured out how to take care of him." He paused. "I suppose you spoke with Detective Brass since you knew where Billy, I mean Zeus, was. Did you find anything missing?"
"Oh, we weren't robbed. My husband broke the back door last Thursday night when Zeus caught him unaware and did one of his attack goat maneuvers. My brother-in-law was taking care of Zeus over the weekend and was going to fix the door Saturday. But, he got a call that his son had been in an accident. He rushed off and left Zeus out of the dog kennel we keep him in and left the back door ajar. So, Zeus got in the house and made quite the mess. Um, I'm a part-time Interior Decorator. I design displays for one of the department stores downtown so that's why I have the mannequins, paint and stuff. I'm so sorry you were all called out on a false alarm. I hate that your time was wasted." She said with complete sincerity.
"That's okay. My boss experienced 'the attack goat maneuver' first hand and we all got a pretty good laugh at his expense. We don't often get cases where someone wasn't actually harmed. It was kind of a nice break. I'll go get Zeus and bring him out to you. Okay?" He gave her and Emily his best reassuring smile.
"Let me check." The receptionist replied. She checked the sign out log. "No, he's not back in yet." She spied Nick coming up the walk. "Um, that's him coming in the building now."
The lady turned around. "Mr. Stokes?"
"Yes." Nick responded.
"I'm Rebecca Janapolis and this is my daughter Emily. I understand you have Zeus, our goat."
"Zeus? Hmm, I guess that's a good name. I've been calling him Billy. He's here at the lab." Nick replied.
"I hope he hasn't been too much trouble. He's quite a handful. We really didn't know what we were getting into when we took him." She said.
"Oh, he hasn't been all that bad. How did you end up with a baby goat?" He asked the question everyone wanted answered.
"Well, we were at my husband's uncle's place, he was gonna kill him because the nanny goat died in labor and Zeus was just too young to fend for himself. Emily became very upset so we decided to adopt him." She explained.
"Oh, that reminds me, I have some of his formula and a couple of bottles at my house. I'll drop them by this evening on my way in to work if that's okay. One of my co-workers grew up on a ranch and figured out how to take care of him." He paused. "I suppose you spoke with Detective Brass since you knew where Billy, I mean Zeus, was. Did you find anything missing?"
"Oh, we weren't robbed. My husband broke the back door last Thursday night when Zeus caught him unaware and did one of his attack goat maneuvers. My brother-in-law was taking care of Zeus over the weekend and was going to fix the door Saturday. But, he got a call that his son had been in an accident. He rushed off and left Zeus out of the dog kennel we keep him in and left the back door ajar. So, Zeus got in the house and made quite the mess. Um, I'm a part-time Interior Decorator. I design displays for one of the department stores downtown so that's why I have the mannequins, paint and stuff. I'm so sorry you were all called out on a false alarm. I hate that your time was wasted." She said with complete sincerity.
"That's okay. My boss experienced 'the attack goat maneuver' first hand and we all got a pretty good laugh at his expense. We don't often get cases where someone wasn't actually harmed. It was kind of a nice break. I'll go get Zeus and bring him out to you. Okay?" He gave her and Emily his best reassuring smile.
