Savana tenses the moment she hears the sheriff's voice. The voice that haunts her nights. Last night was the first night she'd been able to sleep since her parents and Grant Hudson, her boyfriend, were killed.
Finding out that Grant had to have known what his brother was doing was a blow. Finding out that he was part of it, or at least suspected of being part of it was devastating to her. She didn't love Grant, but she was beginning to really like him. The only thing that helped her was knowing that at least he died trying to save her. He hadn't just given her up like his brother had thought he would.
Then she wonders if the sheriff really loved his brother like it was believed. Any time they were out on dates, Grant never wanted to talk about any thing personal. She doesn't know whether to believe it was because he didn't want her to find out about what he and his brother were doing or because he and his brother weren't as close as they were thought to be.
Savana focuses back into the here and now and listens to Brice deftly maneuver and manipulate the sheriff to get the information he wants from him.
"Sheriff Tyler Hudson. I don't know any sheriff's and definitely don't know any one of that last name. There aren't any sheriff's from around here, we have a police chief." Brice allows just a hint of condescension and derision filter out of his voice into the conversation.
"I'm sheriff of a small town in California. A little town you likely have never heard of."
"Then how the hell did you get my name and number? Why the hell are you bothering me? I have plenty of work to do with those associates and colleagues that I do know. You are neither an associate nor a colleague."
"I heard that you went to an auction last night." The sheriff says trying to be a little cagey.
"What auction would that be, sheriff?" Brice says staying relaxed and calm. There is no doubt that he was there, there is record of him being arrested and processed. The sheriff, being in law enforcement, would have access to that information. But he doesn't need to make things easy for the ass either.
"The one that was held last night." The sheriff says a little more upset with Brice.
"I'm sorry, sheriff, but I have no idea who you are or why it is any of your business what my schedule might or might not have included. If you wish to continue this conference then you will need to be clear and concise. First of all, what auction are you referring to and who the hell gave you my name and number." Brice is getting bored with this call. If the sheriff doesn't start giving him straight up information then he'll be hanging up.
"The flesh auction that was held last night and raided by the FBI. That auction, is the one I was referring to." The sheriff is getting irritated as well. He feels that Brice is playing with him and looking down on him. He doesn't like the feeling.
"Now why would I go to an auction of cattle? I don't have anything to do with livestock."
"Not that kind of flesh, human trafficking, the kind the government really frowns upon." The sheriff grits out.
"I don't go to those kind of auctions, they are bad for business. As you said yourself, the FBI raided this one. I don't need to have that kind of nastiness in my life." He really doesn't. If the FBI didn't need him to draw out the other flesh dealers then he wouldn't touch the auctions with a ten foot pole.
"I know you were there. My informant told me that you were not only there but that you also bid on one of the girls that was being sold." Brice's eyes narrow at this. Finally something he can use.
"You have an informant here in New York? Didn't you say that you are in some little podunk town in California?" Brice is enjoying adding the derisive tone to his words. The sneer evident on his face as he looks at his phone.

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Shattered
Ficción GeneralSavana thought she had the perfect date. That was up until the moment her house was broken into, her parents killed and her boyfriend killed by his own brother that just so happened to be the sheriff. That was the beginning of a whole new life for S...