Chapter 3The next few hours passed by quickly as we called our boss to request more assistance and helped the sheriff figure out what to do about his citizens the next day. We’d brought Jeff’s entire family back with us. But there wasn’t anything else to do for the other families that lived scattered in the outlying areas.
And that put me in the awkward position of trying to play peacemaker.
“What do mean we can’t bring everyone in tonight?” Sheriff Peters demanded. “That’s total bullshit!” He stepped back. “f**k you. We’ll do it our own damn selves!”
“We’ve got jurisdiction, you—” Thankfully Al bit off whatever name he’d wanted to call the sheriff. He took a deep breath before continuing, “It won’t help anybody to go out unprepared.”
“I don’t care! These are my people we’re leaving on
