Sugar Cookies & Zombie Secrets: Mystery #1 by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen , Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Borrowed Hearts Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Ten minutes later, I’m heading across the parking lot at the sheriff’s office. The rain has settled to a drizzle, but the ground is flooded and my boots and the bottom half of my legs end up soaked from dirty puddles by the time I enter the building. I’ve been here a handful of times before and, for the most part, the place is always pretty dead. Not zombie dead, of course, but like sleepy dead. Hence how shock trickles through me as I enter and the sound of buzzing business immediately washes over me.

“What the hell?” I mutter as I peer around.

The front desk is about as empty as it normally is. Not a single person sitting in any of the chairs. Jane, though, the twenty-something-year-old secretary is frantically working to answer all the phone calls coming in at once.

Beside the front desk is where all the deputies’ desks are located. Usually, a few deputies are lounging around in the area, but today, the place is crammed with uniformed men and women who are frantically rushing around or talking on the phones.

“Holy shit,” I murmur. “It’s like chaos swept through here or something.”

“It’s the murder.” Kingsley steps up beside me, startling the living bejesus out of me. He looks stressed out with strands of his blond hair sticking up in all sorts of directions. “It has everyone in a panic. And, apparently, the panic is making everyone think they need to call in and see what’s going on.” He exhales loudly, glancing at the desk area then back at me. “I love this town and everything, but people really need to learn to stay out of stuff that doesn’t concern them. I mean, what happens if there’s a real emergency and all the lines are busy?”

“Well, considering it takes, like, ten minutes tops to get basically anywhere in this town, I’m assuming they’d just run down here,” I offer, hoping to alleviate some of his stress.

“Yeah. Good point.” He stuffs his hands into his pockets. “But that still doesn’t mean I approve of all this madness.” He gives a quick gesture at the desks then nods for me to follow him as he turns and heads toward the front desk. “Come on; let’s go see what’s going on with Miss May.”

I trail after him, listening to Jane ramble, “No, we’re handling it.” A pause. “Yes, I understand your concern, but I can’t give out any of the details about the murder.” She glances up at Kingsley as he passes her desk, rolls her eyes, and mouths, “Oh my God!”

“Losing your mind yet, Jane?” Kingsley says with a teasing grin.

Shaking her head, she covers the receiver of the phone and whispers, “I forgot how much people around here are nosey fuckers.”

He chuckles, stealing a sucker from a jar on her desk. “Yeah, they are. But what I’m wondering is how in the heck you forgot about that. Do I need to remind you of graduation night?”

She laughs, her hand still covering the phone.

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