Chapter 25
4:09 PM, Tuesday, June 23rd
“Ms. Wysocki?”
“Yes?”
“This is Deputy Treadway with the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department.”
“It’s Joe, right?” Barb asked.
“Yes ma’am.”
“You don’t have to be so formal with me, Joe. I haven’t seen you and your wife in, in a while. We got a fish fry coming up this Friday, in case you didn’t know.”
“That sounds good and I’ll mention it to Sue but, unfortunately, this isn’t a personal call.” Treadway winced on his end of the line but he did his best to keep his voice even. He wasn’t a good liar and he was glad he wasn’t face to face with Barb.
“Is something wrong?”
“Nothing serious but I really need you to come down here to your house as soon as possible. Someone hit a deer out front, veered off the road, across your driveway and took out a
