Turtle Dove: A Lesbian Romance by Marian Stack

Author:Marian Stack [Stack, Marian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Self-published
Published: 2017-09-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven - The Other Side of Rescue

Carterville Town Hall

The outside door to the town hall opened and a notably hurried forestry warden entered the room, then briskly walked past the officer at the first desk and then without seeking permission entered the office of the chief of police without knocking.

“Chief, I have just been told that there has been a fire spotted by one of the lookout forestry stations up on the north face of the ridge. I have assembled my best team of trackers, and they assure me they can be ready to investigate the area in less than thirty minutes.” And then suddenly the warden realized, by the expression on the Chief’s face and by the bewildering silence in the room that she had interrupted something more important, and that the Chief was not the only person in the room.

As Chief English stood to receive the welcomed intruder she somewhat hastily introduced the others in the room as she wanted more information about this fire, on several levels.

“Excuse me Chief, I thought you would have wanted this information as quickly…”

“Your arrival is exactly what these two visitors desperately need, additional information…”

“I, we don’t give a good god damn about a fire, I want to know where my fiancée is and what you are going to do about finding her.” Megan once again responded without listening to the entire message, always believing she was the most important person in any room.

Joe Foster immediately stood up, and offered the warden his hand of introduction and then turned and gave Megan a controlled stare that would have silenced a raging wild animal in its tracks. “Please go on with your message. Do you think there is a possibility that…”

“Look Mr. Foster, it has been nine days now, and you have been extremely patient by remaining here waiting for news of any kind, but for us a fire is just that. We are more concerned about the fire spreading even after all this rain.” Chief English spoken words were filled with empathy, trying again to convey to these two family members that a successful rescue of the two missing rafters is fading.

“Well…?”The warden cautiously spoke, not wanting to spark hope into the Chiefs’ somber message.

“Well what?” The Chief quietly asked as she turned her head towards the warden expressing, ‘tread lightly with your answer’.

The warden turned and looked as the three sets of eyes darting in her direction and stated, “Well that’s just it, Chief. By the location of the fire it follows the direction from the landslide that took out the prisons van to where the hunters’ cabin is. So by our calculations it’s more than likely it’s the hunter cabin that’s on fire…”and before she could finish.

The Chief was grabbing at her uniform jacket that hung on the hook behind her chair on the wall, “And that’s where we will find the escapees. Well done Sally.”

“Well, it a strong possibility, however the only problem that remains is that this

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