‘If we engage them, she’ll know we’re here.’ ‘She’ll know that anyway when we come knocking on her door. I assumed that she was aware of u... as soon as we stepped through your doorway.’ Her tone hardened to an order, ‘But if they see you, or sense you, or you think they might, return to us. We’ll be riding ahead on the road keeping our pace. Do not engage them alone. Understood?’ She didn’t relish the thought of running under any circumstances, particularly when she could save lives right then,. “Yeah, barefoot.” Cathy Lee giggled.Shelly and Brandon did as they had been asked and stood beside the van. They understood were being ‘punished’ by the others. At least they weren’t getting beat up or worse. Maybe they’d have to walk home barefoot.This was all the result of a stupid prank. Shelly and Brandon went to Richfield High School. Mark and the others went to their archrival school West Valley High School. Shelly and Brandon had painted the West Valley’s front steps and most of the walk. I’m pretty lucky because poisonous snakes do not exist anywhere in this high elevation area. I live at about eight thousand feet above sea level. I can join the mile high club in my own bed. Rattlesnakes are occasionally seen south of me, as the elevation gradually decreases. Scorpions, Tarantulas, and Gila Monsters are not found in this high mountain valley either. However Deer and Elk are commonly seen along with Pronghorn Antelope as they graze near my home.Several years ago I painted a sign. To Nan she looked like a model who had stepped right off a magazine cover. “Wow!” Nan exclaimed, “I don’t know which is bolder, your outfit or your attitude. But I know this; you’re going to kill them in that dress. You look absolutely… wow!” “I know,” Kelly replied, pouring on the southern accent, then turning around with a flip of her hair and a sway of her hips to finish getting ready. “She’s beautiful; no one can deny her that. Has been since I’ve known her; and she knows it,” Sophia said.