Chapter 5
Police Chief Gary Lumbergh’s exhausted eyes burned a hole through the thin computer screen that was propped up along the center of his redwood desk. His dark, thinning hair was uncharacteristically frazzled. A light green, button-up shirt that had been neatly pressed that morning now hung off his short, thin, 135-pound frame in a rumpled, dampened mess. Half of it was untucked, dangling over the edge of his pleated pants following a hasty trip to the restroom.
His left arm was suspended below his chest in a wide sling. It was an irritating but necessary companion following his recent shoulder surgery, glenohumeral joint reconstruction. He hoped it would be the last time he would have to come under the knife.
The past six months hadn’t been easy for the chief. The hail of autom
