"What do you want with me?" asked Aaron. "Your father caused us a lot of pain...this is our payback," stated theman. Aaron gasped. "I had nothing to d... with that." "No, but you're his only child. I wonder if he'll feel the pain that wefelt," continued the man. "You must be joking...he abandoned us...I haven't seen him since I wasfour," stated Aaron with bitterness. "Doesn't matter...when we're done with you his lineage dies out," saidthe man. Aaron's fear shifted to rage. "Then get it over with. ”We parted and I was transported back to the Alertitian ship and then sent home. I was too late for supper and had missed the family meeting. So I showered and crawled into bed. I was very tired and fell asleep almost instantly.I awoke alone in bed. I glanced at the clock and it said 10:30. That couldn’t be right, had I slept right thru breakfast. How come no one had awakened me earlier? I got up showered again and dressed. As I got to the main cave I saw everyone was there watching the TV and. If we catch the extra horses the time we spend will easily be made up by allowing us to switch horses and keep riding until we catch them or ride past them to get ahead of them. We need to take them before they reach where they are going or more show up." I said.Everyone agreed with me and it only took about 15 minutes to catch the extra horses this gave each of us an extra we could switch to allowing one to be rested. We rode hard and by sunset had slipped past them looking for a spot to set. I don’t have any proof, but I think Monica is cheating.’ ‘Any idea with who?’ ‘Not a clue. It’s just a suspicion right now.’ ‘Where is she?’ ‘Some charity thing down in Orange County.’ ‘And what will you be doing tonight?’ ‘I’ve got an all-nighter here with my tax people. We’ll have dinner delivered and work all night.’ Mike paused. ‘Hey, about Monica. Call Pete! He’s a PI. He can check her out and you’ll know what’s what.’ ‘Yeah! Got his number handy? I’ll call him now.’ Mike had the number in.