Moonbog
“After spending the whole night tramping through woods and swamp and bog, Chief Shaw had just settled into his chair and hadn’t even taken one sip of his coffee before the phone rang. He snatched up the receiver in mid-ring and barked, “Yeah!”
“Hello, Chief Shaw?” the voice at the other end of the line said, sounding distant and formal.
“Yeah, this is Shaw,” he answered gruffly. Lack of sleep tended to make him cross, and a missing person along with an unsolved murder put him very much on edge.
“This is Lieutenant Brad Porter, State Police in Scarborough. I had a note to contact you as soon as possible.”
“Oh,” Shaw shifted forward in his seat and leaned his elbows on the desk. He took a quick swallow of coffee, adjusted his glasses, then said, “Yes, lieutenant, I’ve been trying to reach you.”
“I understand that you now have a missing person,” Porter said.
“You got that right,” Shaw replied. There was something in the cold formality of Porter’s voice that irritated Shaw, and he decided ...that he would take a loose, conversational approach with him; he sure as hell wasn’t going to be able to work well with someone if he didn’t feel at ease.MoreLess
“Hello, Chief Shaw?” the voice at the other end of the line said, sounding distant and formal.
“Yeah, this is Shaw,” he answered gruffly. Lack of sleep tended to make him cross, and a missing person along with an unsolved murder put him very much on edge.
“This is Lieutenant Brad Porter, State Police in Scarborough. I had a note to contact you as soon as possible.”
“Oh,” Shaw shifted forward in his seat and leaned his elbows on the desk. He took a quick swallow of coffee, adjusted his glasses, then said, “Yes, lieutenant, I’ve been trying to reach you.”
“I understand that you now have a missing person,” Porter said.
“You got that right,” Shaw replied. There was something in the cold formality of Porter’s voice that irritated Shaw, and he decided ...that he would take a loose, conversational approach with him; he sure as hell wasn’t going to be able to work well with someone if he didn’t feel at ease.MoreLess
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