Page 30 of JoyRide

“Copy, son.”

Me and Tammy came running in the back door of the station and through the sally port.

“Whose car got jacked?” hollered Ted.

“Savanna’s,” said Tammy. “She’s pissed about it too. Two kids and we figure they’re the ones from the escape in Great Falls.”

Travis nodded. “Could very well be, Tam. They might’ve caught a ride this far and they need wheels to get to the border.”

“Yeah, I was thinking Canadian border,” I said.

Tammy gave Molly the statements from Savanna and Kenny, the only witnesses. “Give you my report as soon as Travis is done with us, Molly.”

“Thanks, dear. I’ll enter these statements for now.”

“No sign of the kids or the car when y’all got there?” asked Travis.

“Nope. Goners. Kenny gave us descriptions of what the kids are wearing,” said Tammy. “We have that much.”

“BOLO on the vehicle, Harlan?” asked Travis.

“Yes, sir.”

“Good boy.”

The front door of the office opened, and Savanna hurried in from the street, one of her big feed trucks parked at the curb.

“What is being done to find my car, Travis?”

“Give us a minute, girl. From what I gather, it was only stolen twenty minutes ago, and we’ve got a BOLO out on it. No time has passed yet for us to hear anything back on it and get a location. Settle down.”

Savanna frowned. “Can I talk to you for a minute in private?”

“I guess. What about?”

Savanna corralled Travis into the run and closed the door behind them. Tammy pointed and we laughed. We had no idea what was going on in there.

“Weird, Tam. That is just weird.”

She giggled.

The two of us sat in the break room and watched the door to see if Travis and Savanna were mad or happy when they came out of the run.

Tammy leaned close and whispered to me, “Dad looks kind of neutral, but Savanna looks as mad as piss.”

“Yep. You called it. She is fuming.”

“Wish I knew what it’s about,” whispered Tammy. “Same as at home with Billy. What the hell is going on?”

Savanna left the building and Travis stomped into the break room and barked out orders to us. “Give Molly all the reports you owe her, and we’ll get out of here. Maybe go for a ride when we get home.”

“Copy that, Sheriff. Doing it now.”

Wild Stallion Ranch.

We brought both squads home from the office…just in case. I drove one and Travis drove the other. When we drove in the lane, I expected to see Billy on the porch with his leg up, but he wasn’t there.

“Billy ain’t in his spot,” said Tammy. “Wonder if the pain is real bad for him.”

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