Christopher comes across a dead dog " IT WAS 7 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE DOG WAS LYING ON THE GRASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAWN IN FRONT OF MRS SHEARS' HOUSE." "THE DOG WAS DEAD. THERE WAS A GARDEN FORK STICKING OUT OF THE DOG."(THIS IS MRS SHEARS' DOG )"THE DOG IS CALLED WELLINGTON." The owner sees and calls the police the police aske "Did you kill the dog?" Christopher responds "No I did not kill the dog." Then the officer starts telling him to do things and Christopher gets over whelmed and assaults the officer and gets brought in.
Christopher decides to write about this to solve who killed Wellington "This is a murder mystery novel."
Christopher's dad told him to stay out of others buisness so when he finds out about the novel and the investigation is going he gets mad hits him
Christopher goes through his fathers stuff and find letters from his mom that his dad told him dies 2 years ago when Christopher finds that she is alive he gets overwhelmed and throws up. His father says sorry and also admits to killing Wellington.
Christopher no longer feels safe thinking his dad will kill him to so he take his mouse and his food box and hides in the shed behind the garden and makes a plan to take a train to London to his mom.
"AND THEN I LOOKED AT MY WATCH AND 3 MINUTES HAD GONE BY SINCE I WAS AT THE TICKET OFFICE WHIH MEANT THAT THE TRAIN WOULD BE GOING IN TWO MINUTES. AND THEN I WENT UP TO THE DOOR AND PRESSED THE BIG BUTTON AND THE DOORS SLOD OPEN AND I STEPPED THROUGH THE DOORS.AND I WAS ON THE TRAIN TO LONDON."