Waiting for You by Kasey Croshaw

Author:Kasey Croshaw [Croshaw, Kasey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-10-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

I was up as soon as the 5:30 a.m. alarm sounded on my cell. Dave was right behind me. I shaved and showered with Dave. We didn’t have time for sex. Deputy Luker was picking me up at six sharp and Dave had to be at the café at the same time. I was as excited as a kid on the first day of school. Unlocking the gun safe, I pulled out my service revolver and strapped it on, then my Kevlar vest, and finally my Deputy shirt. Finally, I pinned my badge to my chest and pulled my cap on my head. I took a quick look in the mirror and decided I looked good. My uniform wasn’t that much different than what I had to wear in the Army when going out on patrol. I was used to it.

Dave gave me a wolf whistle when I walked into the kitchen to pour myself an insulated mug of hot coffee. “You look hot in your uniform, Nick,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows in approval.

We heard the crunching of tires in the gravel driveway. I pulled Dave into my arms for a goodbye kiss for the day. “I love you, Dave,” I said.

“I love you too, Nick,” he responded.

Grabbing my coat and gloves and my coffee mug, I was out the door and climbing into Luker’s patrol vehicle in a flash. He drove a white Chevy Tahoe, automatic four-wheel-drive, complete with a secure transport cage in the back seat. During the day, we would be driving over to Sinclair so I could pick up my vehicle and my assigned laptop. Most of the deputies worked from their home as a base in this far-flung county. That was the good part. On days I wasn’t on patrol or in court, I could keep Amber with me at home and work on case files and paperwork.

Driving North up Highway 30 to the Idaho State line, and back down Highway 30 to 89 and the Utah State line, we had about 60 miles to patrol. We only had one community to patrol, and that was our hometown of Onyx. That Monday morning, there wasn’t much snow on the ground from the storm, but the roads were slick, and we were checking for slide-offs. Being stranded out here in winter could be a death sentence. Luker drove, and I rode shotgun as he gave me instructions on how things operated in Sheriff Lassiter’s department.

I told him about running into Jessica Deets at the Gas-N-Go and her reaction when I told her I was a deputy now.

“Have you seen or heard anything from the State Crime Lab about the case?” I asked Josh.

“No, as a matter of fact, I haven’t heard a word. We should stop in at Sheriff Jim’s office and see if he will assign the case to you,” Josh said.

“Do you think he would give me the case?” I asked.

“Sure, it doesn’t look like DCI is interested in the case we opened,” Josh said.

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