Chapter 26
Brosterhouse found Officer Carlan at his desk in the main squad room.
The Bend Police Department had assigned Brosterhouse a room in another part of the building, somewhere out of the way—a minimal courtesy on the part of the local police. It was obvious that behind the scenes, Carlan had made an issue of an outside cop taking over the case.
Brosterhouse was carrying a couple of coffees in white Styrofoam cups. He sat down without being invited and tried to give Carlan one of the cups. Carlan scowled and shook his head. Brosterhouse opened the lid and drank half of it down. Foo-foo coffee, with some kind of added flavor. It was hard to get just black coffee these days. Still, he polished off the cup and took the lid off the second one.
“You like this Hardaway family, don’t y
