Part 39 (2/2)

Annja frowned. ”Maybe he just said that to keep you from getting distracted. You know how you get when there's a cute guy around.”

”How do I get?”

”Loopy.”

Jenny frowned. ”Yeah, I guess.”

”David could have seen that and simply decided he wanted you focused on the evidence he was going to show you and not on him. I guess that means he might be really driven to prove this thing exists.”

”Is that a good thing?”

”Well, not exactly for you right now, but overall? Maybe.”

Sheila came back with two gla.s.ses of orange juice. ”Fresh squeezed, girls. But there's not a lot of pulp. We got a lot of complaints about that before so we strain it more now.”

Annja took a sip. ”It's delicious.”

Sheila hauled a chair over and plopped herself down. ”So Ellen didn't say anything, but I thought I'd just go ahead and ask.”

”Ask what?”

”What brings a pair of you out this way?”

Annja nodded at Jenny. ”She dragged me here.”

”Oh? And for what?”

Jenny smiled. ”You'll laugh.”

Sheila leaned back. ”What? No, I won't.”

”I want to prove that big foot exists.”

Sheila's eyebrows jumped. ”Big foot, you say. Sasquatch? Why on earth would you want to find that thing?”

”I don't want to find it, per se, just prove it's out here.”

Sheila frowned. ”Oh, it's out here all right.”

Annja looked at her. ”You know this for a fact?”

Sheila nodded. ”Of course I do. I've seen it with my own eyes.”

Chapter 21.

Jenny stopped chewing. ”Are you serious?”

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