Chapter 3 – Breaking Loose
Mel
5:00 AM Monday Morning, February 9th
Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department
I stumbled into the office to deal with the usual Monday paperwork as quickly as I could and then I was headed back out to the street. All hell was breaking loose out there. It seemed like it started as soon as I went off shift at 6:00 on Sunday. By midnight, on a couple of hours of sleep, I was back in uniform and working patrol to answer call after call.
My assistant and friend, Sergeant Holly Burke, was already at her desk when I strode in.
“Is it a full moon out there or what?” she asked me.
“I don’t have a clue.” I shook my head as I told her, “It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s miserable and for some reason we have a crime wave going on and gang warfare on the streets. We’ve been
