’ said Alison Sweet as she came in, Chris King following right behind her. ‘Sorry we didn’t get here sooner.’ ‘That’s okay. And you’ll d...finitely want to be here this morning.’ I said. ‘We’re going to put these two crimes to bed, put some criminals in jail, and then have a little celebration dinner… though this one might be just a pizza party at my Cabin.’ ‘You’ve solved it?’ asked Teddy Parker incredulously. ‘Did you guys not get my forwarded email of the lab results?’ I asked. ‘Uh, yes we. I am certain I drew strength from it and it enabled me to overcome my sense of sadness and loss and be the kind of mother you needed me to be."I could see tears glistening in my mother's eyes as she told me this and sensed the pain behind her words. She had never spoken much about my dad, and since I had never really known him, I had never felt inclined to ask questions about him. Now I knew that her silence was due to the pain she felt when he had died and still felt when she spoke about. My nuts appreciated the relief. When I asked if she’d be around later, she grinned and said she wasn’t taking reservations. It was “first find, first fuck”. Maybe I’d see what I could pick up at the local bar. There were always a few horny ones hanging around there at auction time.It was two in the morning when my phone buzzed. My honey told me she’d just gotten home. Her restaurant shift ended at ten pm so I knew what I was gonna hear next. I hadn’t been alone in my hotel room very long. He had his head up and hadn't moved, so I sighted in and shot.Crack!I watched it fall before swinging back to the first deer. He was down, but thrashing around. He didn't look like he was going to get up, so I swung around to where the last of the three young bucks was still going after the older buck. This was too good to be true, and I sighted in, wanting a clean shot at the younger buck while trying to make sure I wouldn't hit the older one.When the young buck leaned back on his haunches.