"Officer Vernon Brown, you are hereby on suspension pending investigation; God help you I find out you went there on your own acting as an agent of this department," Sheriff Chastaine bellowed, hand on the butt of his revolver.
"Might be a 'Tom' but I still got me a job, mother fucker," Officer Malone muttered as Officer Brown pushed past him.
At three thirty, Buford snuck out of the office, unable to delay his excitement any longer. He drove at a quick speed to get home.
Norma happily turned the stove off, covered the pot and agreed that she was ready.
Again, Norma had to sit in the front seat as Buford drove them to Babbage's; the exclusive department store of Bender, Louisiana. It was slightly larger, and the staff less snooty than Abdul's, the expensive department store in DeGarde,
