Welcome to Spicetown (A Spicetown Mystery Book 1) by Sheri Richey

Author:Sheri Richey [Richey, Sheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

As Conrad drove to town Saturday morning, he heard a tag called over the police radio and although he wasn’t intentionally listening, the numbers jumped out at him, Papa-Oscar-Yankee-5718. The request for a tag search was coming from a young officer named Darren Hudson and Conrad grabbed his radio. “Possible Code Five. What’s your location?”

“Fennel Street, 400 block”

“Stand by.” Conrad inched the gas pedal down just a little more. He was already headed to Fennel Street looking for breakfast. As he approached, he saw Officer Hudson’s car blocking the white truck in a parking place in front of the Fennel Street Bakery but there was no driver inside. Pulling up to face his squad car to Officer Hudson’s car, he answered his ringing phone as he got out of the car.

“Hey, Georgie.”

“Roy is in route. He just heard the call in the office.”

“Okay, thanks.” Conrad walked over to the truck to inspect the license plate and motioned for Officer Hudson to follow. He knew Georgia would have explained the situation to him already, but he needed to see for himself. He ran his fingers over the plates and felt the indentations vary. He knew then that he had been right.

“Have you seen him?” Conrad looked around the streets to see if he was walking in the area.

“No, Chief. I just saw the truck.”

“I bet I know where he is. Stay with the vehicle,” Conrad said and headed over to Ivy’s Oils & Organics. Conrad saw him through the window before he even opened the door.

“Excuse me,” Conrad said once the overhead doorbell jingle announced him. Denise was behind the counter and Shawn Ellis was facing her. They both looked at the door when they heard the chime.

“Chief Harris,” Denise said cheerily. “How nice to see you again.”

Conrad gave Denise a smiling nod and looked directly at Shawn Ellis who was peering uncomfortably at him. “Mr. Ellis, could you please step outside with me a moment?”

Conrad always tried to use the kind approach in the beginning, especially when innocent bystanders were involved, but he didn’t have much patience for it.

“Uh, in a minute. I need to finish my business here first.” Shawn had turned away so spoke over his shoulder to Conrad to avoid eye contact and turned back to Denise.

Conrad waved his hand at Denise Ivy to motion her away from the counter as she gave him a frightened stare. “Mr. Ellis, step outside.” Conrad hadn’t advanced from the doorway yet because Ellis still had his back to him and he wasn’t certain he didn’t have a weapon. He could have something in his waistband or under his coat.

“Outside—Now,” Roy barked as he pushed past the Chief and placed his hands on Ellis’ shoulders to turn him around. Once Roy spun him around, he checked his coat and waist for weapons and Conrad followed Roy out the door as he pushed him to the sidewalk.

“Sorry to interrupt.” Conrad nodded a goodbye to Denise as he closed the door to her store and left her standing in shock.

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