Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Summer Breeze (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Jesse Jacobson

Author:Jesse Jacobson [Jacobson, Jesse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-05-16T07:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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Rose had finished half a cup of coffee by the time the sheriff arrived. She made note of him as he walked through the door, hanging his hat on a rack standing by the entrance.

“Hey Sheriff,” a heavy set, middle-aged woman behind the counter called out.

“Hey Linda Lou, how’s Hank doing?”

“Better now that the cast is off,” she replied. “He’s still a little pissed at you, though. He wouldn’t have broken his leg if you weren’t chasin’ him.”

“If he wasn’t runnin’ from me, I wouldn’t have chased him.”

“Why chase him at all?”

“That’s what sheriffs do to people hunting elk off season,” Ford replied.

“I know, but you know Hank, he’s still pissed.”

“Tell him to come on down to the office one evening after work,” Ford said. “I’ve got a fifteen-year old bottle of single malt, just begging to be opened. Tell him we’ll talk about it.”

She smiled, “That’ll do the trick. What’ll you have.”

“Just coffee. I’ll be right over here.”

Ford walked over to the booth where Rose sat, sliding into the bench seat across from her, “Hope I didn’t keep you too long.”

“You were investigating a gunshot wound, a GSW?” she asked.

The waitress brought Ford a cup of coffee. He reached over and grabbed two packets of sugar from the condiment tray.

“Yeah, more hunters,” he said. “Rod Purdy has gained a lot of weight but I didn’t think he looked as big as an elk, but apparently Joe Gibson did. Shot Purdy clean through the right leg. He’ll be alright, though. So, tell me what happened, Ms. Summer.”

“Just call me Rose, please.”

He nodded.

Rose told him the entire story of the morning, including the intimidation tactics.

Ford shook his head, “Like I told you on the phone, Rose, it was silly and dangerous of you to go into the lion’s den like that. Where was Red Feather while all of this was going on?”

“I left him at the house,” she said.

“He thought this was a good idea, did he?”

“No. I didn’t tell him about it.”

“Yeah, thought so,” he said. “I don’t suppose anyone in the offices witnessed this intimidation tactic?”

She shook her head, “No. There was just me, Lenkov and McCoy.”

“Yep, figured that, too,” he said. “Once again, we have a situation where you say you were given a highly suspicious purchase offer with an illegal NDA and you say you were physically intimidated, but you can’t produce any physical evidence to support either allegation, and of course, can’t produce any witnesses.”

“Sheriff, that slab of meat, McCoy, was going to put his hands on me if I didn’t . . .”

Ford held his hands in the air, “Relax, Rose. I believe you. Just stating the facts as a judge would hear them. You’re an attorney. You should know that.”

“You still haven’t explained how Lenkov knew about the autopsy?” she said.

“The only people who knew about the call I made to the coroner are myself, the coroner, the medical courier who delivered the body, and the people in my office.”

Rose’s eyes widened, “You think one of your own people tipped him off?”

He sighed and nodded, “Yeah, I do.

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