Chapter 11 – Dead Ends & New BeginningsLate Monday Morning, November 3rd, 2014
Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office
To try and satisfy my own curiosity, and to make sure my name was clear and I wasn’t being considered as a suspect in Purcell’s murder, I decided to pay my daughter a visit at work.
Under the guise of bringing her some lunch, I trooped into the station with repurposed leftovers from Sunday’s roasted chicken dinner. Mel hadn’t been able to join us because of her workload. I felt for her, but her being busy served my purpose well.
Her assistant Holly, dressed in street clothes rather than her usual sergeant’s uniform, led me right into Mel’s office and then moved to leave.
“Please stay Holly,” I coaxed her. “There’s plenty of food.”
She smiled and her tone sounding grateful
