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. I just wanted towalk down to the creek. Larry s already left one souvenir there. Do you think he was the one who killed the deer? Seems likely.He s a good marksman. But he doesn t have a gun. He wouldn t need a gun if he caught you alone, Waltsaid grimly. Besides. He hesitated, and then went on, He does have a weapon.Emily s dog was killed by a shotgun, not the forty-five he used later.They haven t located theshotgun.He must have taken it with him. Why didn t you tell me before? Walt did not reply.Di-ana said angrily, Damn it, Walt, I resent being patronizedand protected for my own good.If I d known that You re bullheaded enough to go ahead anyway. Vanish with the Rose 237 I may be bullheaded but I m not suicidally stupid! The doggave Diana an urgent push, and she staggered again. If youdon t stop yelling at me, this dog is going to knock me down. A smile tugged at the corners of Walt s mouth. Whoevertaught her that trick must have been crazy.Anyhow, youwere the one who was yelling.Diana please come back tothe house with me. All right. Huh? That easy? You said the magic word. Oh. Walt pushed the damp hair away from his forehead. I ll try to remember.Wait a minute.Do you hear anything? No. Neither do I.They ve stopped working.Lazy bastards,you can t leave them alone for five minutes.Come on.Uh please come on. The bulldozer stood silent and unoccupied.All the menwere gathered together at the far end of the barn.As Waltcame storming toward them, Jack hurried to meet him. We found something funny, Walt.Figured you d betterhave a look. The men fell back as they approached.Most of the floor-ing was gone now, along with the beams that had supportedit.The bulldozer had scraped off the top six inches of weedyground down to a relatively flat dirt surface.Low moundsand depressions marked it; but one depression, where themen had gathered, seemed larger and more regular in out-line than the rest. Funny, Jack said again. Funny shape.Almost like Is that all? Walt demanded. You stopped work becauseof a funny shape in the ground? That s not all.Give it to him, Jimmy. One of the men had been turning it over in his hands.Itlooked like a smooth stick.Silently he handed it to Walt. It s a bone, Jack said. Long bone.Leg, I think. The object was stained reddish-brown.It was very brittle;one end had been broken off, perhaps by the bulldozer; thesharp splintered break was paler in color than the rest of it. 238 Barbara MichaelsThe other end was rounded and thicker, like the knob of acane. Deer, Walt said in a stifled voice.Jack shook his head. I know deer.Horse, too.Looks likea human leg bone to me. Chapter13Why is it no one ever sent me yetOne perfect limousine, do you suppose?Ah no, it s always just my luck to getOne perfect rose. Dorothy Parkerdiana could feel the blood draining from herface, leaving it as stiff and cold as that of a marble maiden inthe library.Walt dropped the bone and swung her up into hisarms.Baby lunged at him, barking furiously.One of themen caught the dog s collar, but it took two of them to pullher away from Walt. Put me down, Diana gasped. I m perfectly all right.Iwasn t going to.Dammit, put me down! Jack stopped to pick up the bone.He was older than mostof the other men; his hair was thinning and his belly saggedover his belt, but his face was wrinkled with remorse as helooked at Diana. Sorry, he said. I shouldn t of said that.It prob ly is adeer bone.What do I know? 240 Barbara Michaels Stop waving it in her face, Walt said. Hold everything,boys.Including the damned dog.I ll be back after I takeher You aren t taking me anywhere. Diana squirmed andpushed at him.Her struggles had about as much effect as theywould have had on a robot. Walt, if you don t.Please? His long strides had already taken them out of the barn.Now he stopped and peered closely into her face.What hesaw apparently satisfied him, for he produced a strainedsmile. The magic word.At least sit down, superwoman.Catch your breath. He deposited her on the lowered tailgate of a truck and puta steadying hand on her shoulder.Jack had followed them,mumbling apologies
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