Arriving at the sheriff's office several minutes later, Andrew was greeted by Sheriff Cline.
"Hello, Sheriff," Andrew returned.
He decided to check and see if there had been any messages on his office phone. Turned out there were some calls, so he picked up the telephone to return his messages. During his messages, Sheriff Cline came to the desk. Andrew had already returned his third call when he saw the sheriff at the desk.
"Yes, Sheriff? Anything I can do for you now?" Andy asked.
"There is, actually. Would you mind going on patrol? Nobody has gotten around to it yet," Sheriff Cline told him.
"I'd be happy to, Sheriff. I will be back immediately," Andy said, taking the patrol car keys from Sheriff Cline. Without thinking, Andy left his pistol on the desk. Sheriff Cline was already gone by then.
Andrew somehow left the pistol on the desk by his computer. He thought it wasn't necessary to bring the pistol around. After the sheriff watched Andy leave, Andy again was back in the parking lot at the sheriff's office. When the engine started, he drove to the street. He wasn't even halfway by the stop sign to do patrol duty. He saw a Buick behind him. Without knowing it, Andrew heard the Buick behind the patrol car.
Still deciding to get out (which he did), he wanted to find out if there was a dent. After getting out of the car, he saw a fifty – ish couple. The man looked older than his wife, Andrew guessed. He went to the trunk was of the patrol car to check for dents.
"Is there anything wrong, Sheriff?" the man behind the wheel asked as he got out of the car.
"Actually, the sheriff is back at the office. I am one of his deputies," Andy said, showing the couple his badge.
The couple looked at each other, seeing something this deputy did not bring along with him, but they decided not to say anything about it. That's when Andy spotted a dent by the license plate on the patrol car.
"You do happen to look like more of a sheriff than a deputy," the woman told him.
"I know I'm not, but I might run for sheriff someday. The dent to this patrol car. I would suggest you pay for the dent of this car since your car did it."
The couple couldn't believe what they heard.
"For now, I'd suggest you go straight to the police and tell them what happened to the patrol car," Andy told them.