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"Stop!" Matt said "Give sley There’s a Tammy Silvera--hey, have you ever heard of these women?"

"Yes," Matt said dully "They dated a friend of the family A man named Carter Sutton" He looked anxiously around the field He could see nothing but powder Darcy had left the house that day with Carter and Clint He hadn’t seen any of theround after the first volley

"Randy, I’ve got to go We need APBs out on Carter Sutton, right away I’ve got to find hiet searching through this crowd"

He rang off, not waiting for Randy’s reply; he knew the ht then, he felt a sense of sheer panic

Carter had dated the women, yes Didn’t mean that Carter had made theh wo that Darcy stillaround him Where the hell were they?

This way

He alain He looked toward the trees Nothing

This way!

The whisper, urgent, fierce

He started to ride

"Wait away," Clint said "I don’t believe this! I’ on a minute"

Clint dismounted and disappeared into the s

"What is it, girl?"

A ed from the trees But it wasn’t Clint It was Carter

"Hey, lady! You’re going the wrong way!" he called cheerfully

Oola growled again

"Shush, girl! It’s only Carter Where’s Clint?"

"I was riding his horse I gave it back to hio"

"Come on up"

"Turn her around," Carter said She did so, and they started to trot

"My God, that sht"

"Big time!"

"Hey, pull up ahead for ato see clearly They had co stream "Why are we here?"

"Sorry, it’s on the way back to the house We’reup there But I had to run over and do duty on the bridge after the first engagelove Do you mind? It will only take a minute for me to feel around for it" Carter smiled at her, and slipped fro o faster"

"Sure"

Carter helped her down

"Go on Let me just tether Nellie to this tree"

Nonchalantly, Carter started toward the bridge Darcy tethered Nellie to a branch, then turned back To her a toward the bridge She heard the dog yelp

"Oola! Carter, what happened?"

Halfway to the bridge, she ca there, waiting for her

She could also see a strange white for for?"

"What happened to the dog?"

"I don’t know Maybe she stepped on a sharp stone or so"

Darcy didn’t move The white mist was next to Carter She couldn’t believe that he didn’t see it, especially against the se the day had taken on

"Darcy, what on earth is the ht next to you," she said

He ju around But he still didn’t see He turned back to Darcy, his eyes narrowing "Come here, Darcy"

"Not on your life, Carter"

But she wasn’t prepared He ran like a bat out of hell, so suddenly and swiftly that she had barely screa her to the ground "You’re going over the bridge, Darcy This ti over I ht you’d be set away froain, Darcy, you’ve got to have a real fall"