The sheriff's hunt

Chapter 10

Tom rushed to their side and saw that Dave had picked the ripped cloth into the sipped evidence nylon.

"Good afternoon, I'm sheriff Tom" Tom introduced himself when he got to their side and they looked up at the man who just introduced himself.

"Afternoon, sheriff, I'm Racheal and my partner is Bob, we are journalists from Ace television stations. What do you think of what's going on here?"

Racheal asked while Tom sighs.

"It's quite tough on us to see our people being torn apart by a beast or an animal, and this occurrence has led us to the theory that we have werewolves out there ready to tear our city apart.

But I believe with a little investigation by me and my team, we will bring such demons to the ground totally." Tom said and Racheal nodded.

"Thanks for your words, sheriff, what's your word to the citizens under fear of what will happen next?" Racheal asked.

Tom looked up at her and smiled.

"We are taking control and I personally want everyone to bed at rest. Together, we will put an end to the beast disturbing our vicinity. With this, I will have to excuse myself as I have a lot on my table right now." Tom said and walked away toward the officer to take a picture of the scene for investigation.

"I want everything we capture here and evidence on my table by tomorrow. Things are going out of hand already" Tom said and walked away.

He almost got to his car when his phone rang. He bought it out and saw the call was from Emily.

He looked sideways to be sure no one was coming before he picked up the call.

"Hello, sunshine," he said, trying to sound cool. "Hello, dad" she said in a rush and Tom's heart skipped a beat.

"What is going on?Where are you?" Tom asked and Emily sighs.

"Don't be mad at me, you won't, right?" Emily said and Tom was angry. "I will be mad at you if you really did something stupid again" Tom yelled and everyone looked in his direction and he noticed.

He cleared his throat with a little cough and looked away, lowering his voice to talk to Emily.

"Tell me, I might not be mad at you" he said and Emily sniffed like she was crying and Tom's heart raised miles.

"Dad, I went out with the girl and we accidentally spent over budget and we are stranded" Emily said and Tom sighs.

'not to bad though' 

He said within himself before asking for the amount.

"How much are we talking about?" Tom asked and Emily gave him three minute silence before talking

"Dad, it's just five hundred dollars" Emily said stammering and Tom was shocked.

"What on earth is wrong with you girl?Something like five hundred dollars, where should I get that?" Tom yelled again and this time, no one looked at him.

He kept pacing back and forth angrily, he could not help but kick the car tire again and again.

"Dad, I'm sorry, we really need your help!" Emily said and Tom laughed.

"We!, seriously, Emily, how many are you guys?" Tom asked and Emily looked at the faces of the criminals she called friends.

"We are five," she replied with a shaking voice.

"Where are you?" Tom asked as he was trying to suppress his anger.

"Downtown, the restaurant near the five star hotel, that's my spot" Emily said and Tom nodded.

 "That's pretty nice, that's so wonderful, best thing you have done today, we are splitting the bill and that leaves you with a bill of hundred dollars"

"Your allowance for a month or two is gone, an officer will come pick you up and pay your part of the bill" Tom said, Emily wanted to disagree but it was too late.

Tom cut the call instantly and threw the phone in the car and it landed on his seat.

He looked around to see who he could send and he saw Joel who was fiddling with his phone by the side.

"Joel, come up here!" Tom said and Joel returned his phone to his pocket and 

"Sir!" Joel answered with a salute. "I need you to go downtown and bring my daughter from a restaurant near the five star hotel, she is an inch shorter than me and she has shoulder length black hair.

If any of her friends try to mess up, put them in their place, you will have to pay her part of the bill to the team, it's a hundred dollars and…"Tom said and bought out his wallet and gave Joel one hundred and fifty dollars and smiled.

"Fuel the car and pay her bills, it's urgent, thanks!" He said and Joel saluted once more before leaving.

Tom swallowed his anger and faced the team.

"Are we done here?Let's go to the station, we have got a lot to do!" Tom said and everyone started moving back to their vehicles.

Everyone was leaving, Tom didn't feel relaxed in his heart that there was so much happening and it's more rapid than before.

More like the end was near.

The vicinity became quiet and Tom started looking around, he could tell the ladies were having fun when the beast attacked them.

He looked at everything clearly. He noticed a camera attached to the tree and it seemed to be broken. He put on his pair of gloves and watched the tree to detach the camera but before he could he heard a noise.

He immediately looked back and saw a figure running into the bush.

"Wait, hold on, wait, who are you?"Tom yelled as he followed the person into the bush.

Tom ran as fast as he could not it was to no avail the person was gone. He angrily returned back to the crime spot and he could not find the camera anymore.

He looked around and blinked to be sure, he was seeing right and before he could think twice.

He heard a male voice.

"Sheriff!"