Lost in the Wild by Leigh Mayberry

Author:Leigh Mayberry [Mayberry, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

A respectable wave of melancholy filled the space inside the police department. Six Alaska State Troopers, eight FBI personnel, took their time around the family. Reeve, Chandler, and Wilcox remained at the station but ordered their teams to dismantle operations and prepare for departure from Kinguyakkii. Dana occupied the other end of the conference table. She worked with her tablet and smartphone, working on reports. Meghan knew while Wilcox took point and was officially in charge in Alaska, Dana reported to her section chief in New York, Garret McKee. It was a move that Wilcox didn’t care about, and Meghan saw Dana’s tension spread to the operations leader.

While the timid and personal information came from Wilcox and Reeve, Meghan and the others stayed out of the way. Oliver, looking disheveled and worse for wear, found Meghan in her office as she stayed out the way.

Joane sat in the chair Vincent occupied hours before. Earl stood behind her. Meghan knew the rest of the scene. She knew how it went through the whole series of grieving and eventually would make its way through the rest of the town.

“You need to go home and get some sleep,” she said.

Oliver stood in the small office, watching through the window. He didn’t look at Meghan when he talked. “I feel like we should do more.”

“The best thing right now is to let her begin the process. I’m glad Reeve had the jacket kept out of sight.”

“She identified it,” Lester said.

“I know. But I saw three people in town wearing the same jacket over the past two days.”

Lester looked at her.

“It’s common, and people are spend-thrifts when they need to be,” she said. “Can you go home, please? I don’t want you getting sick on me. We’ll handle it from here.”

Lester looked through the bay window again. “I heard what happened with Cadet Holmes.”

“That the kid who thought it was okay to touch my ass?” she asked.

“Yup, I heard you dislocated his thumb.”

Meghan scuffed. “I don’t care.”

“Yeah,” he said. Oliver looked at her. There was a hint of a smile. Despite the drama, he had the twinkle of mischief. “I wish I saw that.”

“Go home, get some sleep.”

“What about them?” he asked. “Can we do something for them?”

“I’ll talk to Calvin and Duane. We can see about bringing together the community all at once. We can use the gym. Everyone in town has to know by now, but we’ll face it head-on and grieve together.” Meghan sighed. “Do you know if anyone found Eugene Tuktu?”

“Why?”

“No one saw him since Saturday night. I’ve left voicemail for him. Lester and I went to his house. I know he’s not one of the people outside. I’d like to know where Chrissy’s uncle is when everyone else is here.”

Oliver nodded. She saw the realization morph his face. Meghan had multifaceted ideas about the missing uncle. The darkest idea came with the fact that maybe they had two missing, presumed dead people, and not one.

Oliver moved to the doorway.

“Do me a favor, get some sleep, keep it quiet about Eugene.

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