Chapter 7
Meg pulled into the parking lot behind headquarters. Because Laurel Hill was such a small town, the sheriff’s department was also small. Not that the size of the department mattered; they had no problem keeping the law.
This, though…
It had shaken her more than she liked to admit. She’d driven out to Dupuis Town and had been disturbed not only by how deserted it was—she wasn’t surprised Dave Wilde wasn’t around. DT was only part of his beat, just as it was hers, and she’d probably see him at headquarters when he clocked out and she clocked in—but by the silence as well, and how it was occasionally broken by an eerie sound that reminded her of nothing so much as bacon frying in the pan.
Added to that the fact the street lights were out, something Laurel Hill Power and Light wo
