Thanos Kalamidas - Western

Sheriff Step Chaplin leaned against his creaky desk, his thick fingers tapping a slow rhythm on a cup of cold coffee. The office smelled like old wood, gun oil, and yesterday's meatloaf—a blend Sisika Cox could barely tolerate. She sat across from him, flipping through a thin file. "Another bear scare over by Johnson Creek," Sisika said, her tone dry. "Mrs. Abernathy swears it’s a grizzly, even though we both know it’s probably her dog tipping over the trash cans." Step’s lips twitched under