Naughty by Nature by J.M. Madden

Author:J.M. Madden [Madden, J.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

The next day was Wednesday. Sheridan dropped Cheyenne and the girls off at school, then headed to work. Marlene met him with a scowl. “There are two messages on your desk.”

Uh oh.

The first was from Thomas Applegate, stating that Wade had arrived to work bright and early today. He was scheduled for the next eight hours, so if Sheridan wanted to talk to him he should be available. Yesterday he hadn’t been able to find a ride in, and didn’t remember the phone number.

That sounded like a crock to Sheridan. But Thomas was a little on the gullible side.

The next message was from Eric Groves, Wade’s parole officer. Sheridan pecked out the numbers on his phone.

“Groves.”

“Mr. Groves, this is Sheridan Lane.”

“Hey, Sheriff. I didn’t get your message until late yesterday, and I wanted to check on the paperwork before I called with details for you.”

“That’s fine.” Sheridan reached for a pen. “What can you tell me about his release? It’s been a pretty fucked up affair so far.”

“Yeah, I heard through the grapevine that the victim hadn’t been notified.”

“No one was. I was supposed to be called as well.”

“Ah, damn. Yeah, someone really bungled that, didn’t they?”

“It could have been devastating for the victim. And her daughters. I’ve moved her out of her house because I found signs of surveillance on her property. Someone was tromping around her house, looking in windows. Someone was also at a local bar, drinking soda, celebrating his release.”

“You think it was Shipton?”

“Timeline fits. Confirmed by a witness. Is there still a protection order attached to him?”

Sheridan heard papers ruffling on the other end of the line.

“It looks like it expired while he was incarcerated, so, technically, no. I think under the circumstances it would be easy to attach one onto it.”

“Okay, I’ll keep that in mind. He sent the victim a box yesterday, and flowers. Note inside was to his girls, who he gave up parental rights to in the divorce. Is there a school restriction on him?”

More shuffling. “Yes, there is a school restriction on him, but he doesn’t have to register as a sex offender because his charge was considered a marital rape.”

Sheridan cursed. “Okay. It was a delivery person that came yesterday.”

Groves heaved a sigh. “Sounds like he’s going to be a problem child, huh? Between not drinking at the bar and skirting the school, he’s going to walk every edge.”

“Yes. Just like he did before he went in. Victim wants nothing to do with him, but I have a feeling she’s going to have to tell him that in person, strongly, before he actually hears it. If he doesn’t we’ll be slapping that protection order back on him.”

“Sounds like a plan. Let me give you my after hours number.”

He reeled off a line of numbers, as well as an email address.

“If you can, Sheriff, keep me posted on what goes on. I feel like it’s a matter of time before he gets arrested again. He still has three years on the original sentence left to serve if he isn’t careful.

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