That got my heart racing and made me do some quick anger management.As I trudged up the hill, seeing the lights of the condo gleaming through the tree..., I decided not only that I could do it but that I certainly could do a lot better job than Buzzy Harder was doing. In my head, I rehearsed my remarks at my first team meeting, admonishing myself to keep it short and to get at least one laugh.My phone was ringing when I unlocked the door. It was a young man from the Fox TV station. He wanted to. Ma opened a drawer at the side of the flowery bed and rummaged through the contents. She removed the lengths of rope and binds. She looked at the other instruments in the drawer and she licked her lips in anticipation then looked back at the strong young woman."Best get her all trussed up first before we wake her," she concluded.A few miles down from the house the state trooper car meandered along at a leisurely pace. It was mid afternoon and in the back Sophie was squealing like a pig. The. “I’ll tell them about that, you back-stabbing asshole.”“I’ll say I didn’t, and I’ll say you tried to hide the gun. Now who are they gonna believe, Travis? They gonna believe an accused murderer or the fine upstanding County Sheriff?”After a short 20-minute drive, the patrol car pulled into the Sheriff’s reserved parking space at the courthouse. Van Buren was the county seat of Carter County. The courthouse served both Carter County and the locals of the small town. There was a lawn, benches and. ”“That is not what I meant” ... but I cut her off. “Don’t call me just leave me alone,” I said as I hung up on her.Later that afternoon the doorbell rang and I just knew it would be her. I should have just ignored it, but she started to call me on the cell phone and began to pound on the door. I didn’t want her to create a scene for the neighbors to see, so like a dummy I let her in. I turned and went down the hallway into the living room, with Tina following me. It was the first time she had.