“Brandon drugged you both, raped Tami, and then staged you both to deceive me.”“You’re saying this was done to get at you,” Tami said, getti...g mad.“Partly. Partly, Brandon’s a serial rapist. Before you kill me, let me explain,” I said.Tami rocked back in her seat and crossed her arms. Her body language didn’t look good. Alan was just stunned. I looked around the table, and everyone had a grim expression on their face. I wondered if I’d messed this up.“Rigby, Thompson and Associates were told I. I hope.”“She needs complete bed rest now. That means bathroom and shower only. No working, walking. The stress must stop. We need her to carry this baby for at least another three weeks.”“What will happen if she can’t?”“Right now, Kay is fine. We see no bleeding. That means she isn’t hemorrhaging. The baby is a little stressed. That’s why it’s so important she has complete bed rest. If the baby comes earlier than three weeks we can run into all kinds of problems. Let’s hope that’s not going to. Let's get on the road and ride back north a bit. I want to use the binoculars to determine as much information as possible about this."There was a light wind blowing from the northeast. We traveled about two miles north on the Interstate to a high ridge. We tied the horses and climbed to the highest point with our binoculars at hand. Using them, we could see what looked like the northernmost point of the burnt area. It was in an industrial area outside of Walton. We saw no people. “Why?”She looked away and tried not to cry. It took a while before she trusted her voice to come out steady.“Why would I stay?”“We can just talk, I guess. You can tell me about yourself. I can tell you about myself.”Why was he so impossibly nice?“I don’t care about you,” she said and as if to prove her point, she sat up abruptly.But she cared. She cared so much, her stomach twisted at the thought of walking out. Everything burned. Her body ached from overuse but it was the sweetest, tightest.