Wolfheart by Hallie Lee

Author:Hallie Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WordCrafts Press
Published: 2021-09-21T14:51:25+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

All Part Of The Pageantry

Sheriff Rick

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s if my day wasn’t busy enough, or twisted on its head already, Lenny came into the substation set on lollygagging some time away. Apparently, Desi had left him to fend for himself while she and Robin darted off to Belle Maison for a girl’s day, whatever that entailed.

Luke followed him in, wearing a face as long as Texas.

“What’s wrong with you?” Max swung his legs off his desk. “Did your dog die? Or did your girlfriend break up with you? Oh, that’s right. You don’t have a girlfriend.”

Petey grinned, “He doesn’t have a dog either.”

Luke ignored Max, while Petey gyrated around the office like an electric top. As far as I knew, Petey had no girlfriend, no dog, and not much of a job, and yet, he always seemed happy. Always. The kid just wasn’t right.

“Any word on the search?” Lenny asked.

“Not a thing. Quietdove’s out on the creek with the team. He should be reporting in directly. Want some coffee?”

Lenny sat across from me. “Yeah, that’d be great.”

“Max,” I hollered. “Get Lenny some coffee.” I glinted at Luke, who shuffled his feet. “What’s with all those flyers in your hand? Aren’t you supposed to be passing ’em out?”

“We could use an endorsement.” He plopped them on my desk. “From you, the sheriff of Shady Gully.”

“Luke, I ain’t got time to autograph all that mess.”

Lenny threw his head back and cackled, just like he used to in high school. “Come on, Ricky. Folks are hesitant to get on board. Your support would go a long way.”

Petey rifled through the bowl of taffy on my desk. Pocketed a grape and strawberry for later, and then tore the wrapper off a coconut one. “All you have to do is say yes, that you, the Sheriff of Shady Gully, wholeheartedly endorse the idea of incorporation.”

I narrowed my eyes. “Is that all?” I could forgive Petey his constant state of happiness, but he’d just snatched my very last coconut taffy. “Would you like me to donate a kidney too?”

Unfazed by my sarcasm, Petey grinned, flashing me a mouth full of pearly whites.

While I found his constant state of jubilance annoying, his shaggy hair and studied expression reminded me of Gerty. I frowned. “Sure. Do whatever you gotta do.”

Gerty hadn’t been herself this morning. Her tail hung low, and a cloudiness dulled her normally bright green eyes. Most concerning, she hadn’t jumped on the counter to get her morning sink water. Nor had she shown any interest in her food. “Maybe we can get a decent veterinarian out here if this thing goes through.”

“Something wrong with your cat?” Luke asked.

“You have a cat?” Lenny asked.

Petey’s eyes lit up with amusement. “Aunt Robin has a cat.”

Robin. Perhaps Gerty’s current lethargy was a reaction to my brooding over Robin. “I’ve got a cat. Her name is Gertrude.” I glared at the three of them. “Anybody got a problem with that?”

Lenny shrugged. “Nope. By the way, Desi, Robin, and I are going into Belle Maison for dinner tonight.

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