“Honey, it was an emergency. He was called out to California and he had to leave right away. He was very sad he didn’t get to tell you goodbye a...d he is going to be incredibly sad when he finds out he missed the twins by only an hour. He is going to call tonight, you can talk to him then.” Mrs. Smith explained.“Mrs. Smith, I think we will have to be going. I have to get Miss Johnson home and get back to my family.” Hank said with a smile.“Oh, certainly, thank you so much for bringing little. What time did you come out here." he asked."Oh, I couldn't sleep so I came out here to catch up on some paper work really early."Matt continued, "I guess I never heard you come in last night when you got home...usually I always hear you. I guess I must have been more tired than I thought....oh well. Do you want to go up to section 38 and vaccinate those heifers today? I can go load the horses and get ready if you want to get that chore done. I think it should only take us about 3 hours.". Much later, she zapped a ready-meal in the microwave and opened a bottle of wine. She found a detective program, set in wartime and settled to eat her meal. The food was less than inspiring, looking like a conglomeration of component parts, all mashed together and then far too much salt added. The wine helped to wash it down and fill the space her stomach craved. The second glass of wine relaxed her even more. Rachel lay back and watched the conclusion of Foyle’s war. As usual, he figured out. I questioned the man I shot and was told that they had been hired by a man in Cheyenne for the kidnapping. He gave a name that none of us recognized, but he swore that there was nothing else he knew about the man. He did give a physical description of the man, and that was when Sam recognized the man as a shady lawyer with only a marginal reputation for honesty.Anyway, the man I had shot was in such pain that he begged me to shoot him in the head, and I did so out of compassion. We looted the.