Dog Tags

CHAPTER 72

WILLIE MILLER WAS SURPRISED AT HOW EASY IT WAS TO FOLLOW SOMEBODY; he just wished it wasn’t so boring. He was down the street from Chaplin’s Short Hills house when he left in the morning, and followed him all the way to his office.

He waited outside the entire day, but Chaplin never left, not even for lunch. Willie figured they must have one of those executive chefs he’d read about; maybe he should hire one of them for the Tara Foundation. That person could cook for him and Sondra, and maybe make homemade dog biscuits the rest of the day.

At least it was something to think about during the endless hours he spent waiting for Chaplin to leave. Finally at six thirty his car pulled out, and Willie followed him. He went straight home, and when the lights went off on the house’s lower level at ten fifteen, Willie left.

Willie was not particularly introspective, but he knew enough about himself to realize that more days like this would drive him crazy.

If tomorrow repeated this pattern, Willie would just have to make something happen.