Trooper Station, Wednesday
The phone rang.
Tamsin released an annoyed sigh. She reached for it and wedged it between her shoulder and her ear. "Please don't tell me this is about lawn gnomes again," she said. "Unless you're about to confess."
She turned off the phone a few minutes later. Of all the stupi--
Did she hear snickering?
She looked up and met Ralph's eyes. "Okay, that's it," she said. "You think you're funny, you go scope out this gnome that's keeping Tiny from leaving his house."
A short pause.
"I mean it," she snapped. "Chop chop. Go! Go!" She waved her paperwork at Ralph's disappearing ass. "Now, or I'm making sure you're working public bathrooms for a week!"
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Tamsin released an annoyed sigh. She reached for it and wedged it between her shoulder and her ear. "Please don't tell me this is about lawn gnomes again," she said. "Unless you're about to confess."
She turned off the phone a few minutes later. Of all the stupi--
Did she hear snickering?
She looked up and met Ralph's eyes. "Okay, that's it," she said. "You think you're funny, you go scope out this gnome that's keeping Tiny from leaving his house."
A short pause.
"I mean it," she snapped. "Chop chop. Go! Go!" She waved her paperwork at Ralph's disappearing ass. "Now, or I'm making sure you're working public bathrooms for a week!"
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