Slim To None (Cedar Tree #1) by Freya Barker

Author:Freya Barker [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

"It might be our truck." Joe said as he walked back into his office. "The guys just got it in, but they didn't have a lot of time with it yet. A preliminary look showed the left front end had some damage and a trace of possible red paint on the underside of the driver's side door was found. We're trying to confirm if that sample is consistent with Emma's walker. They're running some tests now, but they'll be limited. We don't have a full lab here."

"I don't care, I'm not worried about building a court case, I'm just interested in nabbing this guy before he tries something again."

Joe nodded his head in agreement.

"Oh, and another thing. The deputy at the hospital called; Mrs. Janssen was awake and had something interesting. When he prompted her on the whereabouts of her son, she said he shouldn't be too hard to find, since he was one of us. When he told her there is no deputy Janssen with the Sheriff's Office, she threw him for a loop. She said he wouldn't be called Janssen, but Murphy. His father's last name. State Trooper Janssen had been his stepfather, and her second husband. Her son's name is deputy Murphy. Deputy Randolph Murphy."

Gus had already been halfway out the door before Joe had a chance to finish his sentence.

"Where the fuck you off to?" He yelled after Gus.

"Randolph is Ralph, Frank's deputy in Cedar Tree." Gus barked back, taking the stairs two at a time on his way down to the parking lot and his truck. He was already pulling out his phone to try and reach his team.

"Gus! Get in my truck! I drive, you call." Joe's instructed.

Without objection, Gus changed direction immediately towards Joe's vehicle. He knew he'd get a lot further in the speeding truck of a well-known Cortez chief deputy than he would in his own. Besides, it would leave his hands free to make calls.

Joe intercepted a young deputy in the parking lot, and yelled at Gus to toss his keys at him. The young man was instructed to hold onto them until further instructions. Gus was trying to get through to Katie's number once again as he was getting into the passenger side of Joe's truck. Impatiently pushing end, he was about to call Caleb, when the phone rang and Caleb's name showed up.

"We have a problem." Gus started, not giving Caleb a chance.

"I know, boss. I'm at the house, Emma is gone, Katie is down and hurt. Call an ambulance, she's lost a lot of blood." Caleb sounded grim.

"Fuck!" Slamming his fist on the dashboard, he turned to Joe to fill him in. He had been on his phone getting teams mobilized, while working his way through traffic trying to get out of Cortez as fast as humanly possible.

"Boss!" Caleb called again for his attention. "Katie was in the hall, but there was more blood in the kitchen... Emma was nowhere in the house. I have to go, I've gotta take care of Katie.

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