Page 16 of Chaos has a Name
“There’s a bunch on his bed, and a trail of it from his bedroom to the front door. The ceiling in his bedroom is covered. Can you please come look?” she asked. “Please?”
Rayna knew this was likely him having done the same thing again, but if it kept Wynonah from losing her mind, and tellingChief Pain in Her Assthat she wasn’t doing her job…
So.
Be.
It.
It looked like she was taking a trip to the man’s house to see how much blood was‘so much blood’. Honestly, she wasn’tsure how someone would get blood on their ceiling with gravity, but what did she know?
Getting up, she put her gun and badge on her belt, and reassured the woman.
“Okay, let’s go. Forest, I’ll be back in twenty minutes after I see what is going on at Thomas’ cabin. Hold down the fort,” she stated.
The deputy nodded.
“Yes, Ma’am.”
She cringed.
She wasn’t that old, was she?
Ma’am?
Really?
Instead of going there, she grabbed her keys and took Wynonah by the arm.
“Let’s take a drive and see what you’ve got going on there.”
The woman happily walked beside her, and she even got into the front passenger seat of the Chief of Police’s ride. Once buckled in, they headed out.
“How did you find the blood?” she asked.
Wynonah told her all about it.
“He didn’t show up at work. Our boss said to go check on him. The door was cracked open, and that’s when I saw he was gone.”
She reassured her.
“Again, this happened before twice. I’m sure he’ll wander home or to some unsuspecting woman’s cabin before nightfall.”
Wynonah stopped her.
“How did he leave without his shoes?” she asked. “He only has one good pair. His hunting shoes were there too. He’s out there wandering around barefoot? That’s not normal for my brother.”
Yeah, and neither was wandering around in just your boxers with wee Thomas sticking out, but they’d seen that behavior from him before too.
That was why she was calm.
This was normal.
Alcohol plus bored natives equaled bullshittery.
Unfortunately for Rayna, that was her every single day.
“We’ll see if we can find him,” Rayna said, as she made the drive a half a mile to the bar, and then another half a mile past it.
