Chapter 21 - Friends
The day before Thanksgiving, the halls of justice were practically empty. Mel wandered along in search of the DA. He wasn’t been in his office. Eventually, she found Andrea, instead.
“Sheriff, what brings you by here?”
“I was looking for Devon.”
Andrea snorted and then excused herself. “Sorry. He’s long gone. He’ll be back Monday. Something I can help you with? I’ve got the weekend duty.” She waved her hand at a seat and Mel took it.
“Why were you at that meeting last night?”
“Devon thought we should both be there. Frankly, I felt for you. They were trying to...to railroad you.”
“Todd Bell is a royal pain, but his head is in the right place. The rest of them all have aspirations to bigger things...higher offices. In their eyes, this makes them look bad.”
“Any p
