"I shrugged and turned, "no deal."He opened his mouth and Sarah cleared her throat, "throw in everything you have and we will take it."I turned as Jul...e looked at her with her mouth open. The man did not hesitate, "DEAL!"I looked at Sarah as she walked to him and shook his hand. I kept looking at her but she winked and gestured. I sighed and started to help unload all our furs. Julie was tight lipped as the Trader came out and started checking the furs before giving the man a credit chit. He. I stopped at a pet store on the way home to get a large bag of dog food and a heavy duty leash. The light duty one we brought with us just didn't look like it would do the job. When I came out of the pet store I didn't see Karen in the van. I checked and found her in the back of the van with Big Mike. She said she was getting to know him better. She said she was experimenting with touching him to see how he would react. She said he let her do anything she wanted. It was a good thing we had dark. Ursus wanted a variety of woods, so I handed the branch and the knot to Mary and we tromp-crunched over to the remains of a hedgerow that ran along most of the west side of the field. Over there, it was adjacent to the yard of the high school, separated by a fence. As one might expect, the old hedgerow was a popular place for teenagers to consume illicit alcohol, and we saw several empty beer and wine containers.Mary and I were methodically searching the narrow expanse of trees and bush.. She was holding HER phone in her hand looking at it like it might bite. Her face was a study in concern. Scott was standing directly behind her looking over her shoulder.Kari said with considerable agitation in her voice, “Do you think he knows?”Scott said, “I certainly hope not. I had no idea he would do something like that. It’s downright evil.” The look on his face was full of anxiety.I opened the patio door and said in my cheeriest voice, “You can come in now.”They both trooped in looking.