part 6

" You have to tell me Herbert!" She said.
Herbert stood by the window gazing out.
" Theres nothing to say Dot," He said.
Dot wasn't so sure, Herbert was a crimanal, She was sure he had stolen all this wealth.
" There is, How did you get all this stuff?" She asked.
Herbert sat down on his plush couch.
" Why don't you just stop asking and enjoy this stuff!" He asked.
" Because I'm honest now!" She said.
They stood in silence as someone walked in, Andrew Barker, he took his overcoat off and hat, holding them over his arm. He looked up, alarmed.
" what are you doing here?" he asked.
Andrew placed the coat and hat down on the couch.
" the Police are after me, I think they think that I was the one who captured Dot," He said,
Herbert looked up, getting angry.
" Why did you go to that small town? its a small town and you were sure to be seen! you...." he failed to say profuse words looking at Dot. Dot looked down at her diamond bracelet, Herbert calmed down.
" Was the police following you?" He asked.
" Yes but I detoured them and got away via a person driving by the highway," he said.
He got up, pushing the coat and hat in Andrew's hands.
" Get out of town," he said.
Andrew, his nerves not doing good, stumbled out. Herbert reached for the phone and dialed it.
" Bud, its Herbert, I need you to pack up my stuff in my house...ya we're moving to the coast, Miami," He said.
Then he placed the phone down and looked at Dot.
" You..." he paused.
Thinking hard.
" Me?" Dot asked.
" Get in my car, We'll get you back to town," He said.
Dot's eyes enlargend.
" Then...they'll know you.." She paused uneasily.
He sighed heavily and walked to the diamond room, Leaving Dot knowing not what do do.
                                            ***
The person Victor had pinned down turned out to be a lanky teenager, blond scruffy hair looking wide eyed.
" What were you doing creeping around?" he asked.
The teenager,  Tip Molone, dusted himself off.
" I was just taking out the garbage," He said.
Victor huffed and turned him loose, Tip  went off home like a good boy.
Dave went on home, and Officer Hughes was walking back to his office, when he heard a car screech up. A few police officers walked out.
" Officer Victor hughe?" he asked.
" Yes sir, thats me," Victor said.
" We're the lubbock police department, we heard there was a suspect by the name of Herbert Clermond, have you heard of him?" he asked.
Victor shook his head.
" He has a store room of Diamonds, and he's getting hot in the news," The officers said.
                       
to be continued.