Chapter 20 - Prodigal Daughter
Wednesday Morning, November 25th
Zanesville, Ohio
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Holly’s voice came over the intercom, “Sheriff, Jennifer Coventry’s on line two.”
Mel thanked her and stabbed a finger at the lit line. “Jennifer, Sheriff Crane. I’ve been trying to reach you for several days.”
“I...I was away. I left my phone at home. I just got your messages. That, and one from my pastor saying you’ve been poking around the church, looking for me. What’s going on? Is this about my mother’s transfer? Is she okay?”
Is she serious? Mel tried to gage her tone of voice but there was a lot of noise in the background. She tapped a button on the base unit of the phone to start recording the call. “Where are you right now?”
“What do you mean, where am I?”
“It sounds like you’re driv
