Chapter 21 – OpsMel
Somewhere around 1:00 AM I remembered we had holding cells in the building. Though we don’t give our temporary ‘guests’ much to snuggle with, they at least get a blanket and a pillow. After smacking myself in the forehead for not thinking of it before, I had the graveyard shift desk sergeant round up a few pillows and blankets for me. I don’t remember much after that until my cell phone alarm went off at 5:00 AM. I wanted to get showered and changed into a fresh uniform in the locker room, before the morning shift change.
Though I really didn’t want to, at 7:00 AM I called out to the farm. I’d talked to my folks the day before to let them know I was all right before they heard about my misfortune from someone else. My mother had subjected me to another tirade then abo
