“I don’t like to dash your hopes,” said Mr. Schirr. “We’ve tried to spare your feelings. Perhaps your father will be found, but you know I tried to warn him he was inviting trouble when he mixed with the tire-theft gang.”
“So you believe Dad has fallen into the clutches of those men?”
“I do.”
“What makes you think so? Have you any evidence?”
“Not a scrap.”
“And how did you learn Dad intended to expose the higher-ups?”
“I don’t mind telling you I heard him talking to Jerry Livingston about it.”
“Oh, I see.”
“We’re getting nowhere with this discussion,” Mr. Schirr said impatiently. “I really am busy—”
“Will you reinstate Mose?” Penny asked, reverting to the original subject.