Mary allowed Sue to hug her, but she was slow to respond. Her arms finally came up and wrapped around Sue and she tightened her grip, letting her head fall into the crook if Sue's neck and shoulder. She hadn't realize how badly she wanted a hug. She had never been a touchy feely person, but Sue's hug was enough to make her reconsider. She didn't even see Phil leave.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Clyde stood, his lone knee popping. He wasn't old, but years of stocking grocery shelves did a number on joints. "Y'all simmer down now. Come on now, hush I said!" Clyde's usually friendly and calm voice had turned firm and commanding. The whole building went silent, all heads turning to face him in surprise. He cleared his throat, "Ahem. Y'all are asking a lot of the sheriff here. He ain't no damn superman and even if he was, ya think superman can find a killer when they just found the body this mornin'? Y'all know as much as he does. He has done his best for this town for a few years now, so why don't y'all stop jabbin' your jaws and listen ta what the man has ta say?"<br/><br/>Clyde sat down in a huff and he heard an older woman's voice from the back, "Amen!" Clyde could only sigh.