“Will I!” Peter agreed as a police car screamed to a stop beside him and one of the officers took Judy’s place. Peter gave her a quick kiss and promised not to forget Blackberry. Then he turned to the officer.
“You men are fast,” Judy heard him say as he sped off, following the police car back to the house with the boarded-up windows.
CHAPTER XXII
Promised
In the neighbor’s house Judy did find her father. Only his eyes showed surprise at seeing her.
“How’s Meta?” she asked in a whisper. “You did come to see her, didn’t you?”
He nodded. “She’s sleeping. She’ll be all right when she wakes up.”
“And the orphans? Are any of them here?”
He opened the door to an adjoining room. Four babies, all under two years old, romped on a quilt spread on the floor.
“It will make a hard bed, but it was the best we could do unless you want to take them home. There’s an older child helping Mrs. Alberts in the kitchen.”