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With no Merry waiting to light up his night, Will stayed late at the office. Her message that Deputy Jernigan had made that call to the newspaper sent him sifting through Jernigan's files with a microscope. Why had Jernigan lied to him about that? If he was working for Buckaroo right under their noses, Will couldn't find evidence for it. He had to talk to him face to face, see if he could catch him out.
He intended it to be a low-key conversation, but as soon as he saw Jernigan walk into the break room, he got furious.
Shocking his fellow officer, he shoved him against the wall, spilling his coffee down his shirt. "Why'd you call the paper about the fentanyl story and then lie about it?"
"The f**k are you talking about?" Jernigan was a burly African-American deputy, a solid, unflapp
