All Chapters of 51: The Series: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Mike and Little Bob started laughing as soon as the words about her making Andy think of his mother were out of her mouth. She started laughing, too. After the chaos of the past few days, Lindsay needed a good laugh. When she thought about it, she did feel a little like a mother in charge of a bunch of children. Lindsay looked up at the clock on the wall and realized it was well after the time for all of them to go home. She saw Big Bob talking to Cat, and Andy was at his regular desk, furiously typing something. Lindsay also noticed that the evening dispatcher had not yet arrived. If there were not good reason for it, Cat would be adding another name to the list to be replaced. She should not be working that many hours covering shifts for other employees.“OK, gentlemen, I think we have done everything we can do today. I will make sure that the area down by the Sycamore River and out toward Rita Johnson’s has a few more patrols done during each shift. Who knows, we might get lucky an

“Captain, Agent Gold and Sheriff Gold are here, sir,” the corporal said. His eyes grew wide after those words came from his mouth. He had just realized the connection between Lindsay and Wren and why they had been in the same car.“Agent Gold!” the captain said, snapping to attention.“At ease, Captain Lane,” Wren told him.“Dismissed, corporal,” Captain Lane said. As soon as he was dismissed, the corporal ran back to his post. Lindsay felt a little sorry for him.“Captain Lane, where are the kids and the deputy you requested to assist with detaining them?” Wren asked.“Sir, they are over here. Let me take you to them,” Captain Lane replied. The captain walked them a short distance to an out-of-the-way area where Deputy Cartwright was standing. Lindsay’s son Dillon and his friend Cody were sitting on the ground in front of him.“Lindsay,” Max said when he saw her.“Hey, Max. I see you have been taking good care of my son and his friend,” Lindsay said.“Linz, Captain Lane, and I are g

It had been a few days since Lindsay had dealt with Dillon and his friends at the Sycamore River. Dillon had been banned from all technology until further notice, and to ensure that happened, he was helping at the sheriff’s department, doing a form of community service. That meant the cleaning crew would not have much to do because Dillon was doing all of it. Cody’s parents, Ken and Barbie, had called once to confirm Lindsay was punishing Dillon. She told them she was taking care of the situation, but was convinced that no matter what, they would see fault in it. Lindsay did not ask them anything about Cody. The last thing she wanted to do was to make matters worse for that kid.Thankfully, Wren had been able to find Mark Collins. Wren had asked to meet him in Lindsay’s office with her present as a witness. As soon as he introduced himself as Agent Gold, Mark went pale. He started to sweat when he looked at Lindsay and saw her uniform nametag, which also read Gold. The poor kid was te

Lindsay dialed the game warden's number and waited for him to answer. She had parked behind the other patrol cars and could see what was taking place in both of them at that moment. Keith was sitting in the driver’s seat of his car, holding the steering wheel and rocking back and forth. He may have been serious when he told Lindsay that he quit just moments earlier. Little Bob had gotten something out of the trunk of his car before he got back in. Lindsay could see that he was now unloading and reloading his shotgun. Warden Sims finally answered.“Warden Sims,” he said.“Mike, this is Lindsay. We have a problem on the north side of the county,” she told him.“What kind of problem? I still haven’t even figured out what the Sycamore River problem is yet,” Warden Sims said. “Mike, we have at least three large creatures in the woods around an individual’s house. We have not seen them, but they are very loud and seem to be calling to each other. The man who reported it would not even open

It had been a few days since the call that had unraveled Keith’s nerves. He had decided not to quit, which was good news for everyone. The one problem was that he wanted answers that no one could give him. He had asked Lindsay so many questions that she finally threatened to call Wren to come and speak with him if he did not stop. Keith had been asking everyone he was near about Agent Gold and his job. The answers he had received included the head of alien autopsies, a hitman, and a government cleaner who would eliminate all problems and people by any means necessary. The threat of calling Wren to talk to Keith if he did not stop asking questions made him stop instantly.Lindsay was amazed at the fear people had merely at the mention of Agent Gold. She had met Wren just after she started working for the sheriff’s department years earlier. She had never been intimidated by him, even though others she worked with were. A couple of deputies had even been concerned about her dating him. T