Hot Southern Mess by Gen Griffin

Author:Gen Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, southern, murder, mystery, country, small town, country and small town life, gen griffin, hot southern mess, possum creek

Chapter 25

“This is asinine.” Addison stared at the unfortunate idiot who had somehow managed to hogtie himself in front of his own pickup truck. “I should arrest you just for wasting my time.”

“Oh come on, Addy. Help me out here.”

Addison continued to survey the situation. “Reg, do you really expect me to go knee deep in swamp mud before 10 a.m. just to save your sorry ass?”

Reggie Gunther considered for a minute and then nodded the affirmative. “You're gonna have to. If I could get my own self out of this mess, none of us would be here right now.” The poacher had a point.

“You do realize that you're under arrest, right?” Kerry stared skeptically at the scruffy poacher. The man was knee deep in mud, tangled in a length of thick rope and staring at them through bloodshot eyes. His late 1990s Ford truck was hopelessly mired in the mud directly in front of him. It appeared he had been trying to hook up a rope to the truck when he'd gotten himself stuck right beside the Ford.

Reggie looked back over at Addison. “Tell me this twerp isn't serious?”

Addison yawned. “Tell me I didn't get drug out of bed to deal with this bullshit. Where's Kevin?”

“He turned tail and left me as soon as he saw them damned lights. I done told him it wasn't you. Your lights ain't green and red and orange. He was so darned worried about violating his probation that he hauled ass and left me here even though he knowed both me and the truck were stucker than shit.”

Reggie glared at no one in particular. “He said there wasn't no sense in both of us getting busted.”

“Well, if you admit he was poaching with you, I can still arrest him using your testimony,” Kerry announced, looking thoughtful. Reggie groaned loudly. He had a look of horror on his face.

“Tell me he wouldn't.” Reggie looked up at Addison with pleading eyes. “I'm already in enough trouble as is once Maureen finds out we took her truck and got it stuck. I wasn't supposed to go nowhere but the store for a gallon of milk. She had to be at work by 8 o'clock this morning.”

“Hope she found another ride,” Addison said mildly. He felt sorry for stupid, hopeless Reggie. Neither of the Gunther boys were bad people. They were just hopelessly dumb. Addison spent a fair amount of time saving the pair of them from themselves. The last time he'd had to save them their homemade boat had up and decided to sink with them in it. They'd been floating in the middle of the lake, clinging to a beer cooler, and waiting for rescue. Turned out neither of the Gunther boys could swim.

“Oh shit. It's after eight, ain't it?”

“It's almost 9:30.”

“Aw man, this sucks.” Reggie wiggled in the mud. “At least get me outta here.”

“You're going straight to jail when we do,” Kerry said a little more forcefully than necessary. “You realize that, right?”

Reggie looked Kerry up and down for a moment.

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