Katie said as she walked through the door to the Sheriff’s office. “Sorry you arrived without a welcoming committee. We’ve been trying to keep the news of your arrival on the down-low so as not to stir up trouble from the bikers I told the panel about at the meeting.” Katie felt wrong painting Lance and his men out to be thugs, even though she had not seen any reason to believe they were anything else. It just felt so hypocritical after what she had been up to with their leader. But she had to be honest, and they were the reason why she hadn’t spread the good news to the citizens of Miller as soon as she returned from the meeting only hours before. “Anyway, I came as quickly as I could.” She extended her hand to shake theirs in greeting. The short, round Sheriff stood to shake her hand. “Ma’am.” “Call me Katie, please.” “I will! Katie, this here is Martin, Pete, and Stew.” She shook each hand individually, wondering why they all had something going on behind their eyes.
