Still full of drugged shine, Sandy eventually goes back to sleep in spite of what's happened.<br/><br/>Everyone wakes up slowly to the sound of a conversation.<br/><br/>…"But Miss Coyfield, the GPS system pinpointed the emergency beacon to here."<br/><br/>"Yes Sheriff, you mentioned that.  An I said I ain't seen nobody.  I ain't heard nobody neither.  'Sides, y'all got depitties searchin' my farm.  Mebbe you think the dawgs or hog ate em?  I got ducks.  They can be vicious!  Dig up the outhouse if y'all don't think the ducks ate em.  Maybe they're in turd?  Get it?  Interred?"<br/><br/>"Coyfield, I ain't gonna put up with your sass.  Four people missin' ain't funny."<br/><br/>"Sheriff Frank, I ain't laughin at them folks missin'.  I'm sarcastic over y'all keep comin' over here lookin' fer them folks when we're a mile from the river.  Wouldn't there be tracks?  Wouldn't yer dawgs have picked up a scent?  Have they?"<br/><br/>"No, but…"<br/><br/>"Sheriff, we've done searched every inch of the place but the outhouse.  I looked with a flashlight and all I saw was shit.  You want us to wade into it?"<br/><br/>"Hmmm.  I'll decide when the other searchers report"  mused the sheriff.  Suddenly, the sound of a car driving up.<br/><br/>"Sheriff, we found something when we dragged the river.  You might not want it spread yet."<br/><br/>"Alright, step over here and tell me", followed by the sounds of walking and indistinct mumbling.  You catch a few words.<br/><br/>"…Ripped off?…debris field…about two miles downstream…cold enough for rapid hypothermia…dogs never picked up scent…missing and presumed dead..."  The walking sounds grow louder.<br/><br/>"Coyfield, all the evidence points to natural causes.  Tracker must have given a bad signal when it got wet.  We'll review the evidence and come back if anything is suspicious.  Meanwhile, it doesn't look like there's any cause to wade in shit.  Have a nice day."  Sounds of cars driving off.<br/><br/>You'd wondered how you could hear so clearly.  By the time the conversation is over you see the tape recorder that's been playing it.  Your hearts sink as you realize no one is going to be looking for you.