" He looked around the table and saw the others nod their agreement. "People could get killed."Clete ground his teeth. This motherfucking politician h...d thrown cold water on his best plans ever since he had come to town. Mark had opposed a raise for him, had opposed the hiring of a second deputy and the renovation of the sheriff's office."I mean, how can we be sure it was that way, if you'll pardon my asking?"Clete's eyes blazed and he nodded at Hank Bollinger, who said "I found her lying on. Then a thought flashed through his mind. This r****t wasn't using protection!"Look, please!" he said. "At least pull out before you come. We timed this honeymoon so she'd be at peak of her fertility cycle. And she's been taking fertility d**gs. Please don't make her pregnant! You can give us that much of a break."Rod smiled at Barton, still probing deeper into Barton's wife, never missing a stroke. He was about eight inches in, now, almost halfway."I can see why your wife would have to take. "I need to take a good look at the pickup truck," I told them, as we neared the old carriage house."Yes, look it over and see what it may require in the way of maintenance or repair," Mary Margaret told me. The two women continued on to the house, while I turned toward the carriage house and its vehicles. It wasn't until I reached the doors that I remembered that they had locked the padlock when we came out. I was about to call out to them when I noticed that the lock was in fact unlocked.Now,. ‘Yeah, I’d be worried too if I was driving a rock around might be worth a few million.’ He added, ‘Let’s join the women and just say the boulder has to be tested some more.’ Two hours later, we had a fifty pound sack of heavy rocks, but nothing to compare to the boulder. The rough diamonds were burning a hole in my pocket. DR said to take them to a diamond guy in town tomorrow and see what he said. It might take a day or two to get the moving equipment ready for the boulder, but I was on call.