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and shook his head. “Yeah, she
sent it, that’s not why I’m here. I wanted to talk to the Sheriff
about the Toy Run we’re having in a couple of weeks. We don’t want
to disrupt the traffic like last year, that ol’ boy almost tore a
strip off Baron for disturbing his lunch so he could direct
traffic.”
    The two men sat around shooting the shit for
almost half an hour before Jimmy brought up the subject of Stevie’s
attack. He didn’t mention her name, just that a woman had been
violated this week, and there was an increase in breaking and
enterings around town. “We got prints, but they come back as a
biker from out of the area, he’s got a record long as my damn arm
and been in and out of one prison or the other since his momma
whelped him.”
    John frowned and tried to look puzzled, “We
don’t have a lot of brothers that have those talents, Jimmy, you
know most of us, hell, we don’t sanction violating anybody, you
know that too.”
    The Deputy was shaking his head, “Hell no,
man, if we thought he was one of the Breed, we’d be at the
clubhouse looking for him. This boy is a bad guy with nothing to
lose, ‘specially since they finally made that three strikes law.
Hang on a minute, I got a name, if he shows up, we’d appreciate an
anonymous call.”
    He walked over to the computer desk and
tapped the keys, then walked over to the wall where the printer was
sitting by itself, because the building was old and electric plugs
were scarce. He pulled the sheet of paper off the tray and came
back to the desk. “His name is Burton Chandlehook. He goes by the
names Candle and Fuse. No one’s seen him on the radar for eight
months, since the day he was paroled from Huntsville. He never made
it to his first appointment with the parole office.”
    The desk phone began ringing, and Jimmy shook
his head at the interruption, “Billie Sue better get back from her
vacation soon, I ain’t a damn secretary.” He answered the phone and
the men exchanged waves and head nods. John left the office, and
felt the satisfaction of knowing the name of his prey. He wasn’t
worried about Deputy Jimmy knowing that he knew the name.
Coincidences happened all of the time, and proving shit was hard
when there was no evidence.
    He headed southeast, anticipating the hunt
and focusing on his main target. The ride would be a long one, but
the information he needed would be worth it, and if he happened to
run across a Rat or two, the trip might be entertaining at least.
He was doing recon for now, unless opportunity came knocking.
    Arkansas had some beautiful countryside, he
had to give them that, and the foothills of the Ozarks had a few
breathtaking views that he enjoyed seeing on his trip, too bad he
didn’t have the time to fully enjoy them.
    When he stopped for gas and to walk the kinks
out, he admired the setting of the gas station and convenience
store. The trees and wild flowers looked like a picture
postcard.
    The cashier was a chatty little guy who
appeared to know everybody and everything going on in the area.
    “If you’re a drinking man, you should know
the next county is a dry one. You cain’t buy nuthin’ but rubbin’
alcohol there, so if you’re headed home, might want to grab
yourself a six to take with you.”
    John shook his head and walked back to the
cooler to grab soda. All he’d need would be for the chatty fucker
to keep talking, soon enough he’d get some sort of direction to
find the Swamp Rat’s nest.
    Two people walked into the station, and one
started giving the little man shit while the other came around the
corner of the aisle to the beer coolers. John was partially hidden
on the opposite side of the aisle and pretended that he was looking
at the chips. It didn’t take long for the trouble to start, and he
waited until the two tough guys had the kid hanging over the
counter with one of them lying over the top of his scrawny victim
while he pulled cigarettes out of the dispenser. His companion