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But he cla day you’ve had, you must be pretty tired I’ll put clean sheets on my bed so you can turn in”

“But—”

“I don’t sleep et tired, I’ll just catch a nap on the sofa”

“Then let me fix the bed”

“You just sit there and finish your coffee and cookies,” her uncle insisted

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The sheriff leaned forward in his swivel-based office chair, his barrel chest pushing at the edge of the desk he res

ted his arain, Mr Calder,” he said eary patience and began ticking off on his fingers the points as he -persons report until the individual has beenfor twenty-four hours or more And the school told you that they didn’t discover your sister was not in her rooo You gotta wait tenI can do until then”

“Then, da to his feet and placing his fists on the desktop to lean on them “I want her found! And I don’t intend to wait ten hours before so I’ll finance a private search for her if I have to!”

“You have to understand the law’s position” The sheriff settled complacently back in his chair “Juveniles run away all the ti and saying how sorry they are You go on hoed with a touch of sness “If she don’t call in ten hours, you come back and see me”

“If anything’s happened to her, I’ll come back to see you in hell!” Tired from no sleep and frustrated by the lack of cooperation fro away before he followed his threatening words up with action

Long slicing strides carried him out of the newly renovated sheriff’s office, courtesy of the new tax revenues generated by Dy-Corp coal workers Blue Moon was expanding as fast as they could put in streets, soround fifty yards frorass

In his pickup, Ty gunned theangrily and biting at the tires, chasing the truck until satisfied it was leaving the neighborhood When Ty reached the two-lane highway, he had siet any efficient outside help to look for Cat He’d have to organize so himself

After he swung the pickup onto the highway, he made almost a full U-turn to park in front of Sally’s Place He rubbed his eyes tiredly as he climbed the steps and entered the cafe The place was half full withcoffee drinkers None of the passed around He paused at the counter, not taking a stool

“Hello, Ty” Sally Brogan looked mildly surprised to see him “How’s your father? I was up to see hi so , she poured a cup of coffee and set it in front of him