Chapter 2
It was then Dave looked around and noticed for the first time that Stevie had led him to the Alpaca. Dave took one look at the animal and knew he was not dead, but not far from it. And suddenly it started to make sense to him why Stevie had led him out here.
"I didn't wanna ruin her party. I thought.... well maybe you could do something about it."
She knelt down next to the softly heaving animal.
"They mean the world to her."
Dave was slowly coming down from his mental ride, from his almost emotional act of unfaithfulness. Now, this was familiar ground. Here he knew what to do.
He quickly checked the alpaca's vital signs.
"Looks like poisoning..." he stated, thinking. What could the poor animal probably have eaten that could cause such a severe reaction? He knew Tess always made sure that there was nothing poisonous around wherever her alpacas went.
"Almost looks like this was done deliberately..." he wondered. Then he realised that he had actually said the words, and he looked up to Stevie.
Instantly Stevie knew who had been responsible for this crime.
"Ok let's call the police, they can investigate." Dave suggested.
"Forget the police, the police don't care. We will have to handle this on our own." Stevie said without thinking.
"We?" Dave wondered aloud then instantly regretted it.
"Ok fine, I will do it without you." Stevie shrugged.
"Do what exactly?" Dave asked
Stevie realised she had said far too much already. She only shrugged in answer to his question.
"Look Stevie, We need to take care of the alpaca, and make sure the other one is safe too. We can't blow the party like this."
Stevie reluctantly agreed.
"Go inside back to the party." She told Dave, taking charge. "You can't miss your own engagement party. Tell me what to do for the Alpacas." As much as she wanted to put her plan into action right now, Dave was right. She could not leave the animals suffer, or ruin her friends party. She would have to wait, and she was not very good at waiting.
