" This is the strangest thing I've ever heard of," mused Larry."Join the club," added Jake. "I've been in this job for almost thirty years and I've ne...er seen anything that even approached what we've got here." But how could someone... ? And with her consent... ?" I haven't the foggiest," said Jake. "That's why they pay you detectives the big bucks. You figure it out."Cassi and Larry looked ar each other in astonishment, then, shaking their heads, headed for the exit. Once outside they crossed. Ever since my brother in law shot me, I try and stay away from the Sheridan County Hospital.In just under 3 hours and 15 minutes, Landy drove to Wolf, Wyoming ... dropped off two of his teen daughters to act as babysitters, picked up Cora, drove to Newcastle and back to the hospital. Three hundred sixty two miles ... not counting the forty miles to Wolf and back on gravel roads ... in three hours fourteen minutes 27 seconds. Four hundred miles... 40 of it on gravel. 3:14:27That's one hundred. Jackie and Mark were able to get Midnight onto a chain, and while Mike chained up Red, she got in the truck and went down the runway for Mark."I don't know that we've got a team," Mike said when the two got back, "But these damn dogs can pull!" Uh, Mike," Mark said. "One thing. 'Haw' is left, not right." You sure?" I'm sure." I think I can remember that. You O.K.?" I think so," Mark said. "But I think I'm going to want a soak in your hot tub tonight." No problem," Mike said. "But somehow, we've. I clapped my hands with glee."Don't those slippers cramp your toes?" I asked, pointing at the bulging bedroom slippers he wore."Yeah," he said, kicking them off. When he did, I saw that his feet were just like his hands — more paw than foot."I hoped I could pass this off as a costume," he told me. "But you know it isn't. And you're not freaked?" Jeff, you are the answer to a prayer." I didn't care a bit that I might be weirding him out."Why? Do you have a thing for cats?" He sounded somewhat.