Humpty Dumpty_epub_11-21-2014 by Carolyn McCray

Author:Carolyn McCray [McCray, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Off Our Meds MultiMedia
Published: 2013-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Had knew there were all kinds of reasons why he should still be with Joshua and Agent Cooper right now. They’d just finished almost getting blown up, for one. Joshua was due for a complete derailment, for two. And more time could be spent back at the nature center observing, taking pictures, categorizing information on the crime-scene-turned-blast-sight.

But he couldn’t be there any longer. The paramedics had bandaged up the cut on his face, as well as checking out Coop’s leg and Joshua’s possible concussion. They were all fine.

The local cops, however, were not.

It wasn’t like Had was inexperienced when it came to death. Growing up with a mortician as a father had given him a strong stomach for things that made other people squirm. There were only so many dead bodies you could be around before you realized that they were just meat.

But those weren’t usually people Had was talking to just moments before. And the aftermath, by the time it got to the mortuary, wasn’t as bloody as what had awaited them in the rubble after the explosion.

He wasn’t running away. He definitely was not running away. There were just things that needed to be done in connection with local law enforcement that it would be best to handle in person. Phone calls were so impersonal. There was no other reason for Had to be headed out to the police station in Walcott.

No other reason at all.

The station made Had homesick. The police department in Ann Arbor was bigger than this one, but up to this point, the other departments he’d liaised with had been larger and more organized than what he was used to. Here, he could feel himself relax. The building was nothing more than a glorified box with a roof that had been plopped down across the street from the fire station. No effort had gone into making it look pretty. Function over form all the way, baby.

As he walked through the entrance to the precinct building, a young brunette looked up from where she had her head bent over a file. Her eyes were a brilliant green that almost seemed like they were shedding their own light, they were so bright. She smiled a welcome.

“Can I help you?”

“Yeah. I’m Officer Hadderly, with—”

“Oh, Had, right?” Her smile broadened.

“Um. Yes. How did you—?”

“Small office. Everyone talks.” She shrugged her shoulders, an almost-apology. “I’m Reggie. I work here part-time.”

“Reggie. Nice to meet you,” Had answered, shaking her outstretched hand. “What do you do here?”

“Oh, a little bit of this, a little bit of that. I dabble in forensics, but there’s not much call for that here. More of a hobby. Mostly I’m the I.T. girl.” She wrinkled up her nose. “To be honest, there’s not much call for that, either.”

Had chuckled. “I know what that’s like.”

“Oh, come on,” Reggie swatted at his arm. “You’re working with the FBI on a big murder case. You can’t know what it’s like to be stuck in a Podunk place like this.

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