Renee and her brother Horatio finally solve the case. They worked very well with Agent Pride and his team of NCIS agents. It took a month and a half to solve, but they did it.

Renee was buried alive, drugged, flipped, and totaled her truck at that time. She also fell off of their hotel roof. In total, it was ninety feet, but she fell in stages. During the fall, she was electrocuted by her stun gun.

After Renee flipped and totaled her truck, she had to pull her mother's 1966 Cherry-red Mustang Convertible out of a storage unit. She had been stationed nearby when her mother had died.

Renee sold all of her mom's possessions after her mom's death. She just couldn't bring herself to sell her mother's classic car. Pulling the Mustang out of storage, Renee needed to do some minor repairs to get
her running.

She needed to give the suspension a good lube job, as well as a complete oil change and filter change. Renee also needed to replace the battery and replace all the fluids in the Mustang. That was the bare minimum to get the vehicle running to drive it around town.

Before they start to drive home, Renee needed to get a new truck. They can't drive that far in the Mustang. As she was thinking about that, she gets a phone call that surprised her.

"Is this Staff Sergeant Renee Kerrigan?"

"Yes, may I ask what this is about?"

"Of course. My name is Sean Gleason. I am the CEO of the Professional Bull Riders. Every year at our World Finals in Las Vegas, we honor someone who works for the US Border Patrol or Military. We heard about what happened to you and what you have done for this country and would love for you to be that person."

"We will fly you and a friend to Vegas and put you up in a nice hotel, and you will come every night to our event. On championship Sunday, we will honor your service."

Renee knew that horses that she trained as the United States Border Patrol was sent to Vegas as the Border Patrol Color Guards.

"Ok, of course, I'll be honored. When is it?" Renee asked Sean.

"It is the first week of November. I realize that it is short notice."

"I don't have a car. Is there any way that my brother and I can come now? The event is next week."

"Of course, you can come now and watch the Touring Pro division world finals. That starts in two days."

"I will need to bring my canine. She is the best-trained canine in the world. A bomb could go off right next to her, and she will not move a muscle. I never go anywhere without Echo."

"Echo is more than welcome to come. Is she your current canine partner?" Sean asked the MDPD officer.

"Echo is my current canine with MDPD."

"I will work out the logistics of bringing you all to Vegas. I will be calling you back shortly. Good Bye till then."

Hanging up her phone, Renee turns to her brother. Horatio was looking at his sister with a very confused look on his face.

Quickly telling Horatio, "change in plans. I'll send Patriot to James by air. You are I were invited to the PBR world finals in Vegas where I am to be honored."

Before her brother could respond, Renee is on the phone with James working on sending the puppy back home."

James was more than happy with that idea. He did ask if the breeder has a female puppy that he could buy to give to Piper for an early Christmas present."

"Yes, he as two females. Let me talk to the breeder. I'll call you back."

Renee then called Jack McKenna to ask him about also getting a female for a friend as well as planning on Patriot's flight home. Since Jack was donating Patriot to the MDPD as a forensic's detection canine, he sold Renee a female that looked like a mini Echo.

The one distinguishing feature between Echo and the pup was that Echo had two blue eyes, and the puppy had one blue eye and one brown eye. Heterochromia in animals is far more common than heterochromia in humans.

Calling James back, Renee was very excited. She did ask that she be the one to give Piper the puppy. She did have a compelling reason behind the request.

"If I give Piper the puppy, it would be a bonding experience for both of us. I can even offer to help teach her how to train the dog. If she wants me to, I can teach her how to use the dog's natural instinct."

"The breed was created to hunt wild boar. I remember training my first dog when I was seven. It was a moment I can't forget."

Now James wanted to give Piper the puppy, but he caved, "Of course, you can give Piper the little puppy," James tells Renee.

"Hang on the breeder is calling me back," Renee tells James.

"The puppies will fly out tomorrow afternoon. Have someone pick the puppies from the airport at 3:00 PM EST," Jack says, hanging up the phone.

Quickly Renee calls a friend from the Corps. She needed a little extra help. Tobias McGraw owns the local paintball and gun range. His brother had killed Piper's mom more than a decade before.

Tobias' middle son Timothy had shot Piper ten months before, and he feels that he owes the girl. When Renee told him the predicament, he agreed to pick up the puppies and keep them until Renee got back.

Now Renee and Horatio can just wait for the phone call from Sean Gleason about their flight to Vegas. Renee was very excited. She has wanted to go to a PBR event since the organization was founded in 1992. It just never worked out before now.

The two of them didn't need to wait too long. The CEO of the PBR called pretty quick.

"We have you flying to Vegas tomorrow morning at 9:00 am. A taxi will be waiting for you at the airport. Echo has her own ticket as a working dog."

"Ty Murray and I will meet you the following morning to take you to the Arena, and show you your seats and take you behind the chutes to meet and greet the riders and the bullfighters. They all can't wait to meet you and Echo."

Horatio had heard the whole phone call and ran downstairs to keep their rooms for one more night. They had a flight to get ready for and an event Renee had waited for twenty-seven-years to attend.