We were both turned on by plotting this evil deed and we worked it out to the last detail. When Joanna got home from work that night I told her that m... dispatcher had asked me to take a load up to Utah on the weekend and I had agreed. She as always seemed disappointed that I would be gone for the weekend. She said, “I thought we had plans with Larry this weekend.” I told her that I had called Larry and told him I was going to be gone and he had suggested that they get together for dinner on. "Ann's brow creased. "Burt?" I don't know the devil's name, but he was found inside the house, inyour own bed chamber, trying to steal some jewellery."Ann's eyes widened then narrowed."Course we locked the blackguard up." Oh no." He deserved far worse. Got fifty lashes of the whip for his trouble andhe'll get more if he looks at me the wrong way when I see him."Ann's mind was spinning. Burt must have been trying to get the pendant.But what did this mean for her plans? Did it ruin everything?. My phone was dead. I looked at Kyle and he shoved his in his pocket.I couldn’t eat anything Mom Mar cooked at camp that night. Caitlin and Phile had juvenile tags for pronghorns and hadn’t seen what we saw. It was a good thing. Even Mom Ash was crying when we got to camp.“Why, Pa?” I asked again. “Why couldn’t we save them?”“When a predator kills prey, it’s called natural selection. Unless the predator is a human. Someplace along the line we lost the idea that humans are part of the equation.. .. for my own teenage daughter.When I got home, I made myself a drink and headed immediately to Heather's bedroom. I didn't want to get undressed until I was sure she was alone though. If CJ happened to see our webcam, I didn't want him to observe any more than, Heather's dad is lying on her bed, looking at his computer.My phone chimed. Telling CJ goodnight. Going to bed. Then she sent a pic.He apologized for last night, Heather captioned.I'm ready, I texted.A few agonizing minutes later, I.