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Kane, she’s our only witness. And I haven’t taken her anyplace for questioning. I brought her here to see her grandfather, who, thank God, is going to be fine, by the way.”  Damn it! Callie turned away and bit her tongue before she said anything else to anger this man.  She needed his permission – unless Grampaw gave his, and under the circumstances, Callie figured William Kane would fight it.
    She turned back to face him. Good looking in a boy next door sort of way. His blond crew cut suited him.  “Look, Mr. Kane, we seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot here.  I know you’re worried about Berry and your father, and believe me – I only have her best interest at heart.  But she is a witness, and I think she can identify the boys who did this.”
    William took a deep breath and redness deepened his cheeks. “I’m sorry, ma’am. You’re right I was worried about Berry and my dad, but that was no reason to attack you that way.” He wiped his hand on his pants and extended it toward her.
    She shook his hand. His smile extended all the way into his eyes and wrinkled his nose in a funny sort of way.  Cute! “Good then you won’t object and will bring Berry down to the station to look at some pictures? This is the third time this summer that park’s been vandalized. I really want to get these kids.”
    “I’ll bring her down, but only if you’ll agree to have dinner with us. My way of apologizing”
    Berry hugged William’s neck. “We get to eat out, yippee!” She loosened her hold on him, slid down out of his arms, and skipped over to Callie. “Say you’ll come, Miss Callie, please say you’ll come.”
    Callie laughed.  “Well, with an invitation like that how can I refuse?”
    “Excuse me,” the nurse said. “You can see Mr. Kane now.”
    William took Berry’s hand. “We’ll see you later.”
    “Okay.” Berry skipped next to her uncle. Something about that man fascinated Callie. She couldn’t remember being so attracted to anyone before. No time for that nonsense. Back to work. Whoever vandalized the park was still out there. Hopefully, with Berry’s help, they’d catch them this time.
    Later, she sat at her desk going over the case file on the vandalism. Not much in the way of evidence. Berry was the only witness, and if she couldn’t identify the perps, then the crime would go unsolved. As if her mind conjured the child up, Berry appeared in the doorway, William Kane stood behind her.
    “I brought Berry down like you asked. Not sure how much help she’ll be,” William said.
    “How’s your father?”
    “He’s good. He’s diabetic and his sugar dropped. It’s under control now, but they kept him for observation.”
    “Good.”
    Berry came around to Callie’s side of the desk. “Are you really going to eat with us?”
    Callie shook my head. “Yep. I promised.”
    “Okay, let’s go.” Berry grabbed her hand and tried to pull her out of the chair.
    “Whoa, hold on a minute. First we have to talk.” Callie slid a chair next to hers. “You can sit there.”
    “But I don’t want to sit. I’m hungry. I want to eat.” Berry went to stand next to William.
    This wasn’t going to be as easy as she thought. “I promise as soon as we’re done talking, we’ll go eat.” She looked at William, hoping he’d help her out.
    “Come on, Berry.” William took Berry’s hand and led her to the chair. “Tell Chief Johnson what she wants to know.”
    Berry sat in the chair and crossed her arms. Her bottom lip stuck out in a pout. Callie almost laughed at the sight. Cute little thing even when she was being stubborn. “Okay, Berry. Tell me what you saw on the playground.”
    Berry tightened her arms over her chest and looked down.
    “ Berry,” William said in a warning voice.
    “But then you promise we’ll go eat?”
    “I said we would.” Callie reached out and touched her hand. “So who did you see in the playground?”
    “I saw those Benson brothers. They