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his cape so the agency could follow him. The agency must be aware of what was about to happen, except no one tried to stop him. Should she try?
     
    When he pulled out a small pistol from inside his cape, she backed off. He left the office, turning back several times to make sure no one followed and then slipped back out the door he came in. Abby let out her breath. The guy was a thief!
     
    She had enough thievery in her life these past weeks to last a lifetime. It was high time someone stopped these petty con artists. Abby took Penny by the collar and motioned for the dog to follow. She slipped outside and spotted the man in black along the edge of the campground. All of a sudden he disappeared down a dark trail.
     
    A voice scared the daylights out of her. She swung around to see Margie and Elvin come up behind her, stalking, as if they were in dire straits. “We lost him,” Margie cried out.
     
    “No, he went down the trail. Let’s get him,” Abby shouted. She didn’t care at this point if someone heard. All she wanted to do was capture the culprit who stole all the proceeds from this benefit tonight. It also helped to know her mom and dad tracked the man with the device she put on his cape. It made her braver than what she was.
     
    “We can’t go down there. They told us to observe. Abby! Where are you going?”
     
    “I plan to save that money from a low life con man!”
     
    “We can’t let her go alone, come on Elvin. Follow her.”
     
     

Chapter 5
     
    When Abby neared the edge of the woods she reached down and picked up the dark cape on the ground. “Oh no! No! No! No! This isn’t supposed to happen!”
     
    Margie stopped behind her with Elvin bumping in to her from behind. “What?”
     
    “I put the tracking device on the cape but he took it off. They’ll never find him now. We have to do something.” Abby realized he had a gun but if they carried the cape with them, they could stay far enough away and yet draw the agency closer to the thief. It seemed like a good plan. She stepped in to the wooded area.
     
    “Abby, you sure? We aren’t supposed to do this?” Margie’s jaw moved back and forth as she ground her teeth together.
     
    “We won’t get too close, but we have to follow him or he’ll get away. Here!” She thrust the cape in Margie’s arms. “You hang on to this. Your job is so important. It’s how they’ll track the bad guy, okay?”
     
    Margie’s eyes widened and she clutched the cape against her chest and nodded. “Okay, let’s go then.” She turned to Elvin. “This may be dangerous young man, you don’t have to follow.”
     
    “I’m going to protect you both,” he said.
     
    Abby rolled her eyes. This was getting worse by the minute. “Okay you guys. Let’s take it slow and easy. We don’t want him to know we’re following. Margie, tell my parent’s we’re going in after him.”
     
    Margie nodded and placed her lips against the watch. “Calling Viking and Vixen, this is Gypsy momma. Perperperator is in the woods. We have the cape with the tracker, he dumped it on the ground. We’re staying back away from him but will guide you to him. Be at the ready, with guns ablaze, he has a weapon. A pistol. Abby is with us in the lead. Over.”
     
    Abby went ahead of them, a smile on her face as Margie tried to say perpetrator. The older woman tried so hard to be a spy of sorts, but Abby worried Margie and Elvin would get nervous and do something to endanger themselves. “Maybe I should go in alone,” she told them.
     
    “No way! We’re responsible to keep an eye on him. You shouldn’t be here at all Abby, but to be honest, I’m glad you are. I doubt I could do this without you.” Margie patted her on the back. She forged ahead as Penny trailed the man in black.
     
    It seemed as if they walked a long time with no sign of the petty thief. Abby stopped. “Let me have the cape.”
     
    Margie handed the cape over so Abby could place it in front of