“What happened?” Meg leaned across the table, interest visible in her pretty features.
Nicole took a breath and started talking, spewing out a stream of words. “I stumbled across Steagel trying to get rid of some toxins by the lake, so I took some photos, but I got caught. I got the scrapes when I was running away from Steagel and his cronies, because they’d heard my camera rewinding the film. I tripped over a tree root and fell and one guy caught up with me and he had a gun. Just when I was about to get shot, a wolf jumped out of the woods and knocked over the guy with the gun. I got lost again, and the wolf helped me find my way home. But that’s all over now. I gave the film to John, and he’s going to take care of things from here.”
Meg leaned back in the seat and whistled. “Wow! No
