We showed her where we first fought with them. Fortunately, the last of KáPakí’s rains had washed any blood from the rocks. Then we showed her whe...re the bandits camped the night that we attacked and the slope we fought them on. I still needed to release any snares that the bandits didn’t trip--if there were any. I noticed a large mound of recently turned soil that was covered with rocks. I assumed that Father had the men bury the bandits so as not to attract scavengers.Next, we rode up the path. It came within a few inches, but she was hard pressed to imagine it could have been making the noise last night, even in the intense wind. Nevertheless, she marched through the mud to the shed and grabbed a big pair of shears. Returning to the tree, she neatly clipped the branch off.“Strange weather to be doing yard work in,” a deep voice said from behind her.Audrey yelped in surprise, whirling to face the voice with the shears brandished in front of her.A man stood before her, his arms. “She’s alive. No obvious damage,” Caine said. He quickly moved past Tonya and knelt down next to Janie. He scanned her body quickly, then looked intently into her eyes. “Don’t move. I’m going to check your neck, and the back of your head.”His fingertips were gentle, barely touching her at first then probing a bit more firmly as he ran his hands over her neck and the back of her skull. He looked at his fingers when he was done and turned them around so she could see the blood on them. “Don’t. " Oh well," she'd whispered, "I guess it'll have to be the two of us then."They spent the next hour or so horsing around in the pool and chilling out on the deck chairs. Mo' and Shari never seemed to spend much time away from each other. Kalil felt uncomfortable around them.Suddenly Sherri grabbed Kalil's hand and pulled him towards the house."C'mon you, we're going to check out the Jacuzzi." What!" said Kalil, "What if someone comes in?" I have the key, silly! Mo' gave it to me," replied.