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“Things are hopping. We’ve got fender benders and road washouts as well as spotty phone and power outages all over the county.”
“I’m sure. Who’s working Dispatch?”
“Kendall Evans and Larry Kendrick are both on tonight. Want me to put you through to them?”
“This is Sheriff Brady,” Joa
“Where are you?” Kendall asked. “Ernie Carpenter has called in several times looking for you.”
“I’m at my in-laws’ place here in Warren bumming a meal. I’m sure you have the number displayed on your screen. Where’s Ernie?”
“He and Detective Carbajal got stuck on the wrong side of a dip east of Douglas. They had to wait until the water went down. They’re in Douglas now, talking to someone. Will you be at the same place for a little while?”
“It looks that way,” Joa
“Right,” Kendall said.
“Next, what’s happening with Search and Rescue?”
“‘They all went home. They may not be there yet, but they’re on their way.”
“What did they do?” Joa
“You mean the search for Angie Kellogg? Oh, no. She’s fine.”
“They found her, then?”
“Search and Rescue didn’t find her but somebody else did. Here it is. Maria
Joa
“That’s great,” Joa
“The problem is, Sheriff Brady,” Kendall continued, “we’re real busy right now. There are two other calls coming in. I’ve got to go.”
“Sure. I’ll be here if you need me.”
Emptying the dregs of his coffee into the sink, Jim Bob a
“So young,” she said sadly after her husband disappeared into the living room. “So terribly young. Bria
“Not only that,” she added, “I know exactly what her parents are going through right now. I’ll never forget how it was when that first call came in about Andy. I just couldn’t believe it. Hearing about that poor girl and her family brings it all back to me as clearly as if it happened yesterday.”
Joa
“Do you know the O’Briens?” Joa
Eva Lou shook her head. “Not personally. I know of’ them, though. Babe Sheridan goes to St. Dominick’s, you know. She ways they’re nice people. Mr. O’Brien is all crippled up, but Babe said something about Katherine going off on missions for two weeks at a time. Medical missions, I believe she said, where a team of doctors and nurses go into out-of-the-way places and provide medical services for the poor. They do corrective surgeries-the kinds of procedures that wouldn’t be available otherwise. I believe Katherine O’Brien is a trained nurse. It takes a real giving person to do that-and a whole lot of gumption, too.”
“It certainly does,” Joa
For a few minutes, Joa
“She’s been busy all right,” Joa
Eva Lou put down her coffee cup. “She’s what?”
“Married,” Joa
“Why forevermore!” Eva Lou Brady said wonderingly. “Good for her. Good for both of them. What wonderful news!”
In the face of her mother-in-law’s evident enthusiasm, Joa
“Hey, Eva Lou, the last commercial just ended. Come on now or you’ll miss it.”
Eva Lou excused herself and went to join her husband in front of the blaring television set. Left on her own in the kitchen, Joa
Frustrated and unwilling to go into the living room to watch TV, Joa
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This afternoon’s storm was a real corker. The washes are ru
You’ve only been gone for a day and a half; but it feels much longer. And it turns out that there’s all kinds of news. The most important of which has to do with Grandma Lathrop.
As you know, she’s been going out with that Dr. Winfield. Well, you’ll never guess what happened! It turns out that they’ve been doing a little more than just “going out.” Dr. Winfield and I were working on a case together today and he told me that they’re married. He said they eloped last month when they took that trip up to Las Vegas. They’re pla
Joa
The animals are all fine. At least, they were fine when 1 left the house this morning, and I’m sure they still are. I’ve been off investigating a crime scene most of the day. The storm that blew through late this afternoon didn’t make things any easier.
Oh, I almost forgot. Search and Rescue had to be called out today to look for Angie Kellogg. She and a friend went bird-watching up in Skeleton Canyon. They got separated, somehow, and Angie was lost for several hours. She found her way out, however. Dispatch just told me that Maria