Perry Mason had just gotten to this office when he got a call from Larry Davis. He told him what had happened. Perry Mason was wondering show this man Cameron Daley was. "I am going to contact Paul Drake and have him look into this man immediately. In the meantime you and I need to got to court. I want all of the suspects at court for a hearing.
Larry Davis agreed completely with Mr. Mason and willingly agreed to meet him at the courthouse in two hours. He was tired and need to change his clothes before appearing in court. But other than that he was all right. The meeting with that horrible man Cameron Daley had been very unnerving and he was glad to get back to Las Angeles.
The two attorneys filed the necessary papers and spoke to the judge about another hearing. The hearing was granted for two days from then. They informed the judge about the kidnapping of Larry and applied for the man to be held until the court date. With this done the two men went to work with finding out who the murderer was.
Cameron Daley was sitting in the jail cell in town. He was held on the count of kidnapping. 'What on earth was I doing kidnapping the lawyer? This had gotten way out of hand. He wasn't going to take the charge of murder for anyone either. What to do ' he thought over and over.
Paul Drake had been busy himself working on the case, There were so many twists and turns that he was sure he too was missing something. Cameron Daley had gotten into trouble with the law a couple of times. But nothing had ever been a major charge. He was sure that Cameron was the man that Sally had seen, though. There was something else missing.
There was still the problem of the lady in the white impala that had been seen. He needed to take a look at Sally's family . Pau had only a day to find out all that he could . He went to Michelle Jones house and asked her about anyone that she might know who drove a white chevy impala. She did not . As he was sitting in the living room Brian Capron, the young man who had taken care of Sally for a while came in.
Paul asked him and looked to see that he was driving a blue Toyota. Neither one of them said they knew anything. They both were very concerned about the case and worried that someone was still out there that might try to kidnap Sally again.
Paul then went over to talk to Mary once again. As Mary came out to meet him she looked as though she had aged five years. She was tired and he could see that she had not had much sleep. "Have you thought of anything that could help your case? Do you know anyone that owns a white impala?" Paul asked her.
Mary had spent the whole time that she was in jail racking her brains on who owned a white chevy. She had gone over the days of the kidnapping and the murder over and over and had no answers. "I have done nothing but think of that ever since they arrested me. I do not know of anyone that drives a car like that . I am sorry. But thank you for helping Attorney Davis. He is a good man but so young and the prosecutor just was walking all over him." she told him with hope in her voice.
Meanwhile Perry Mason had been thinking of nothing but the case. As he went and got Sally from school, he wanted to show her the picture of Cameron Daley. If she recognized him he would have a large question of his answered.
As they got home Perry gave Sally a snack and then came up to her kindly. "Sally, I have a picture to show you. Can you tell me if you recognize this man?" Perry asked his daughter.
Sally took the picture in her hands and smiled. "That is the man who was at the cabin. He is the man, but I didn't know his name." she told him as she handed him the picture back.
Sally, I want to know one more thing. Do you know what a chevy impala is?" he asked her kindly.
She thought for a moment and smiled. "Yes. Brian's new girl friend Carrie drives one. I rode in it with Uncle Brian when we went to the store."
Perry didn't want to think that Michelle would not tell him what she knew so he asked Sally "Did Aunt Michelle see the car?"
Sally thought for a moment and shook her head "No. She only pulled up in front and Aunt Michelle was out back in the yard. It was all right that I went with Uncle Brian the car isn't it?" she asked.
Perry gave his daughter a big hug and said "Of course it is."
"We went to the store and then came back. Carrie couldn't stay because she had to go to work." Sally told him with a smile.
'Out of the mouths of babes.' Perry thought to himself.
That afternoon he issued a subpoena for both Brian and Carrie Moses. He hoped that he was wrong, but in his years as an attorney he knew that anything could be possible and it usually was.
With that Perry picked up the phone and called Larry Davis. Larry could not believe what he had just found out. But they were still not sure exactly what had happened that day at the cabin. The next morning was court and he had high hopes that this hearing would be enough to prove his clients innocence.
As Della sat in the study listening to what Sally had told Perry, she shook her head. The last person that she wanted to think to be involved in this case was Sally's uncle Brain. He was young and had his whole life ahead of him. She would be there in the courtroom tomorrow. This was something that she just had to see for herself.
Larry Davis had his own secretary and Perry was just assisting with this case, but Della made up her mind. She would sit in the courtroom and hear the whole thing. This was for Sally.
