Chapter Fourteen
Talia’s Troubles
Backed by a couple of deputies and with the Downings waiting in the wings, County Sheriff Mark Jacobsen stood at a podium bearing the shield of his department. As he delivered his opening remarks regarding the missing (and still locally notorious) Alexander Junior, he kept his true feelings concealed.
As an elected official, he was as much a politician as law enforcement officer, and this was standard operating procedure. This situation was particularly delicate however and privately he cursed both the kid and his wealthy parents for it.
Outwardly he had to appear competent and professional, impartially dedicated to doing the best job possible. On the inside he was still cringing from even having to deal with it.
The original case had been a P.R. ni
