{"id":516,"date":"2026-09-19T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-dog-who-knew-the-truth\/chapter-3-the-waitress-recognized-him\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:21:32","slug":"chapter-3-the-waitress-recognized-him","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-3-the-waitress-recognized-him","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 3. THE WAITRESS RECOGNIZED HIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The young waitress approached the booth nervously.<\/p>\n<p>Her name was Claire.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>Then at Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir&#8230; I think I know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs immediately turned toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire stepped back.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire pointed toward an old photograph pinned behind the counter.<\/p>\n<p>It showed several men standing outside the diner years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>One of them looked exactly like Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>But he was wearing a military uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stared at the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me you were never in the service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Rex moved closer.<\/p>\n<p>The dog had recognized him before any of them did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young waitress approached the booth nervously. Her name was Claire. She looked at Briggs. Then at Daniel. \u201cSir&#8230; I think I know him.\u201d Briggs immediately turned toward her. \u201cNo, you don\u2019t.\u201d Claire stepped back. Daniel stood. \u201cFrom where?\u201d Claire pointed toward an old photograph pinned behind the counter. It showed several men standing outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-516","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}