Shelter for Martina by Deanndra Hall

Author:Deanndra Hall [Hall, Deanndra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2019-09-10T05:00:00+00:00

Well, I guess we just had our first fight, a grim Bud told himself as he hurtled the Dodge Charger unmarked cruiser down the country roads headed to Post Sixteen in Henderson. Martina was spittin’ mad. He’d refused to tell her anything Marty had said, and she’d told him she thought that was grossly unfair and then said a few other things he was pretty sure she was regretting at the moment. That was okay. She could be mad. The less she knew, the safer she was.

He hit the radio’s mic. “Central dispatch, this is unit seven twenty-three to Post Sixteen, unit seven twenty-three to Post Sixteen. Post Sixteen, respond. Over.”

“Post Sixteen responding, unit seven twenty-three. Over.”

“Post Sixteen, please advise of all units on premises at this time. Over.”

“Units eight ninety-five and seven fourteen present on premises. Over.”

“Roger that.” Hell, he couldn’t remember whose those were, but at least he knew there were two of them there. He hit the phone contact for the post and heard a voice say, “Kentucky State Police Post Sixteen. How may I help you?”

“This is Detective Griffin. Who is this?”

“It’s Trooper Dennison, sir.”

“Andy, who’s there with you?”

“Eldred.”

“Good. Here’s what I need.” Bud spent the next couple of minutes telling Andy what was happening and that he needed the two of them to observe from inside the building while he met with Marty. He’d make an assessment of what needed to happen as soon as that was over.

He was there in ten minutes and Marty was nowhere in sight, but he was about fifteen minutes early, so he just sat. In a few minutes, he recognized Marty’s pickup truck as it pulled in and drove around back of the post. Yeah, he really was afraid. Bud pulled around and got out. “Hands up,” he ordered when Marty opened the truck door, and Marty complied instantly.

“I ain’t got no weapon, sir, just like I promised. The guns is all on the seat here. You can take ‘em. Just please, let me go inside, okay? I don’t like standin’ out here in the open.”

Bud looked through the truck window. He’d looked up the theft and, sure enough, they looked like the weapons reported stolen. “Okay. Let’s go in. Come on.” He led Marty through the back door and straight into Andy and Eldred. “Andy, could you please go out and get those weapons out of Mr. Burgess’s truck? And check them against the burglary last week in Fordsville?”

“Sure thing, detective.”

“Eldred, I need you to sit in with me. Come on, Marty. We’ve got some phone calls to make.”

They headed straight to the post’s conference room and Bud called his captain. He knew Len wasn’t going to like getting a call like that on Sunday evening, but Bud didn’t think it could wait. He let Marty talk to Len on speakerphone, and while he was doing so, Andy stepped up to the door and gave Bud a thumbs-up. All the weapons were accounted for, and Bud was satisfied that Marty was telling the truth.

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