Yet Another Daydream of Walter Mitty

..."Could the killer still be here?" whispered Deputy Walter Mitty. "Heavens, Jack, look at this!" cried Mitty as they entered the doorway. There was a woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood. She was obviously dead. The neighbor had told the dispatcher that the woman lived with her two small children. He had seen the kids in the front yard nearly every day. Now that they had found the mother and one …

…to collapse, the baby began to struggle and moan. "Oh, my goodness, she's breathing!" He suddenly felt severely exhausted, as if he could not hold himself up. He lay back against the wall. The baby was opening her eyes. Deputy Walter Mitty stood at his side and looked concerned, but with a slight grin on his face, he said, "Yes, she is breathing!" Jack gave his buddy a high-five and a slap on the back.