Chapter 2
"Hi, what can we do you for today?" PJ Hasham asked the lady at the front counter of the station.
"Hi, I am Senior Detective Patritia Webber and am I right in assuming you are Senior Detective PJ Hasham?" Patritia asked PJ.
"Yes I am. Come this way and I will show you to our office. Unlike in the city where you could have your own office or department we only have one office. This is my desk so you can have the other. I mean, it's no use to me anyway," PJ said with a grin as they went into the office, "Everyone is out on patrol right now except for the Boss. If you will follow me I'll take you to her office. Senior Constable O'Rourke isn't due to start until one o'clock today, so naturally she isn't on patrol either. By the way, out here in the country, CI works with Uniforms."
Patritia and PJ walked the short way to Senior Seargent Tess Lawson's office to introduce Patritia.
"Hey Boss, this is our new Senior Detective," PJ said as he went into the office.
"Hello, I am Senior Seargent TessLawson but my members just call me Boss. You must be Patritia Webber?" asked Tess
"Hi, yeah that's me" Patritia replied with a grin, "but all my friends just call me Pat."
"Ok then, Pat," said Tess as she walked into the main area of the station. Pointing to a map, she said, "Pat, I want you to familiarise yourself with the town as soon as possible."
"Ok, I can manage to locate my house, the High School and the Police Station so far," Pat replied.
"Well, I need to go out to one of the properties on the edge of town. There have been reports of cattle going missing out there. Would you like to come with me?" PJ asked as he got off the phone.
"Sure, how hard can that be?" Pat replied.
"Ok, lets go," PJ said.