CHAPTER XX
Identified
Judy’s list, when she finally had it completed, was as long as Santa’s list of good boys and girls. That was what she told Peter when she presented it to him.
“Pauline and Flo helped me. We put in everything we could think of in the order it all happened. But still I have a feeling there’s something important that we left out. Irene’s coming this evening,” Judy added hopefully. “Maybe she has something to add to the list.”
Much later, when Peter was being interviewed by one of the agents from the New York office and Judy had stepped outside his room for a moment, she almost bumped into Irene. For a moment they stared at each other. Then both of them said, in the same breath, “You’re here!”
“Dale’s here, too,” Irene told her. “He’s outside in the waiting room with little Judy. We’ll take turns minding her so both of us can visit Peter.”
“You’ll have to wait. He has a visitor. Very confidential,” Judy said, lowering her voice. “They’re looking over a list that I gave them. Nobody is allowed in there until they’ve finished exchanging top secrets.”
“Then I’ll go up and visit Clarissa and find out what happened—”
“Wait, Irene!” Judy stopped her. “I should have told you. That patient isn’t Clarissa. I don’t know who she is, but you may be able to identify her. She keeps calling for you.”
Irene looked her disappointment.
“She could be someone who’s seen me on television—someone I don’t know at all. Doesn’t she know who she is?”