she had to free the police from jail. It was incredible. This was like a bad sitcom.
“I, uh, left the keys in there on the wall.”
She looked around at the walls. There was nothing on them except the clock, some FBI Wanted posters that looked to be several years old, and a Vargas Girl calendar that was, on closer inspection, from 1959.
“I don’t see any keys hanging on the wall,” she called.
“Must have left them in my desk, then,” the voice returned. “See the desk by the door? One with the pinup-girls calendar?”
“Yes.”
“Try the top drawer.”
She couldn’t believe she had to release the deputy from a jail cell before she could report her stolen bags. How in the world did she end up in this ridiculous town? Why wasn’t it rife with criminals, since the police were so inept?
If she weren’t an honest person she’d consider robbing a bank right about now.
In fact, if things with Page-turner didn’t work out after this weekend, she’d keep it in mind, she thought wryly.
“I’m looking,” she said, opening the drawer. There were some pens and pencils, a couple of paper clips bent out of shape, a pack of cinnamon gum, a set of handcuffs and a cracked black-and-white photo of a handsome young man in a police uniform, flanked by what appeared to be his proud parents.
Josie lingered on the picture for a moment, wondering who the man was and what his story was, then set it down.
“Find them?” the voice called from the back.
“Not yet.”
“Look in the back of the drawer.”
She pulled it out as far as it would go, then reached in. Sure enough, she snagged a set of keys on a large brass ring. “I think I found them,” she said, slamming the drawer shut just as the front door creaked open and Dan Duvall came in.
“Officer Duvall,” she said in a clipped voice, closing her hand around the cold set of keys. “I thought you were too busy to come into the station.”
For a moment he didn’t speak. He looked at her, then at the key ring in her hand. Then he asked, “What the hell are you doing going through my desk?”
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