“Maggie I am not a vet, I don’t know what to do.”“You are a doctor aren’t you?”“Yes a human being doctor and not an animal doctor.”“...octor Lang who you replaced would come out to help when I had animal problems.”“Maggie I can’t come out to your ranch, I have patients to see. Hold on, let me check on something.”Steve found Liz and told her of the situation and asked her if she thought she could do anything.”“My uncle is a vet and I worked for him during the summers. Let me give him a quick call. The next morning about ten o'clock after taking a shower and cleaning up, I went downstairs to the living area. Mrs. Yates or Mom had already been there. There was coffee in the pot, croissants, cereal and a newspaper on the table. I made myself some toast and poured some Grape Nuts. I did not feel real social. I called the office and talked to my second in command and told him I was back but would not be in the rest of the day. He told me how unusual that was for me, this being a Friday. I. This time he had a green salad with a tomato, knowing that this was a good balanced meal. Dave only had one bottle of white wine that he had brought with him from home, but he drank it all with his fish dinner.He didn't like eating junk food, preferring to make himself something that tasted good and that would be good for him. Still, he liked something sweet at the end of his meal, so had a couple of pieces of dark chocolate with his black coffee. He always tried to get the 70% cocoa. My dreams were deep and peaceful.In the dead of night, about three hours before dawn, I gradually woke up realizing Carlotta was petting me. I lazily began to caress her shoulders.She sighed and rose up a bit, kissing me."Hmm," I mumbled. "Can't sleep?" There's a fire somewhere, a big one I think." Huh?" That woke me up."Listen." Through our open bedroom windows a cool summer breeze was blowing, carrying the faint sound of many sirens in the distance. Carlotta sighed again. "It must be a big.