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I thought arocks, ’cause that’s probably what I’ll be doing if a bear is gnawing my arm off"
"It would be difficult to just lay there and be eaten alive, huh?"
"Ya think?"
I stu cabin with a carved sign that read YOST After trying the door and finding it locked, naturally, I accidently broke aI had neither the ti A wo nothing out of the ordinary inside, I walked the periround structure while the little girl with the kitchen knife followed me She was a curious lot I turned to her and knelt down, hoping I wouldn’t inadvertently get stabbed in the eye
"Wednesday … do youno answer, I asked, "Do you see any kind of an underground structure?" Her ar on to the knife like her life depended on it, and she stared straight past me, her ashen face almost afraid I decided to make physical contact, but when I went to touch her shoulder, she disappeared Naturally She reappeared on the hood of a four-wheeler, standing at attention, staring into nothing
I stepped over to study it just asIt was Nathan Yost
"Hello, Ms Davidson?" he asked when I answered
"This is Charley"
The ATV looked pretty beat up, but most four-wheelers did This one was a utility ATV with an electric winch and cable on the back
"This is Nathan Yost I was just wondering if you’ve had a chance to look over my wife’s case"
While the winch looked relatively new, the part of the ATV it was attached to was broken, like the doctor had used it on so to pull trees out by the roots, I couldn’t iine what he’d need a winch for But, ad As enching
"I’ain
"So, you’ll take the case?" he asked, trying really hard to sound excited
"Absolutely"
Nothing else on the property seeh it had electricity and running water, it was actually a little lower key than what I’d expected the billionaire doctor to have Inside was a variety of ca equip relief into his voice "Thank you so much"
"I’"
"Thank you again"
After hanging up, I trudged about the place for a solid hour and decided the whole trip had been a co thin as I stumbled back to the Taurus I looked off in the distance and saw Wednesday again, her back tointo the side of athe phone out of my pocket, I called Cookie
"Any luck?" she asked
"Does bad count?"
"Da"
"Bear!" I screah the trees