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soon as possible."
    "So you're telling me to come home."
    "It's a decision you and Henry have to make together. Don't you have four or five days left?"
    "Yeah. But ..." Polly didn't know what else to say.
    "I'm sorry I'm not being more helpful."
    "You want to tell me to come home, but you don't think that's fair to say. Am I right?"
    "I love you very much, Polly. You'll make the right decision."
    Polly chuckled. "You should have been a politician."
    "I'll leave that to my husband. Let me know what you decide to do, though. Okay?"
    "Okay. I love you. I'll talk to you later."
    "I love you too."
    Polly put the phone down on the bed and rubbed her forehead, trying to ease the rapidly building headache.
    "Are we heading out?" Henry asked.
    "I still don't have a good answer."

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER TEN

     
    Polly woke back up to a sloppy lick on her face. She tried to move and found that it hurt too much. She'd fallen asleep sitting up, leaning on Henry. "Oh that's going to hurt all day," she said.
    "What?" he asked, coming awake.
    "We fell asleep."
    "It's the puppies' fault. They were warm and cuddly."
    Polly chuckled. "We need to decide what we're doing today. I'm completely at a loss. Do we head back to Bellingwood or stay here and try to enjoy the rest of our vacation?"
    Henry sat forward and turned to look at her. The two puppies who had been snuggled up against him, bounced awake and gave him a look.
    "How much would you be able to enjoy this, knowing all that you know?"
    "Well, I'd enjoy being with you. And I love seeing the beauty around us. It's really amazing."
    "I know, but your heart isn't going to be in it and honestly, neither is mine."
    "I feel like this is the second time I've screwed up our vacation. I'm so sorry."
    "Stop it. You didn't have anything to do with that tornado that hit Bellingwood." He stopped and looked up at her. "Or did you? I thought your superpower was finding dead bodies, but maybe it's sabotaging vacations in crazy ways, too."
    Polly swatted his arm.
    "And you didn't have anything to do with Sarah getting sick. Rebecca needs us to be home, so we're going home."
    She leaned across the puppies beside her and kissed him. "I love you. Thank you for making that decision easy for me. I didn't want to disappoint you."
    "We really are in this together, Polly. Don't ever forget that."
    "I know that, but you're so wonderful to me that I hate the possibility of messing things up."
    He looked around the room. They had planned to stay in this room for three nights, so had unloaded everything from the back of the truck. Polly had hoped to find a laundromat in town and take her time repacking for the return trip. Everything was in chaos.
    "Don't even say it," Polly said, sighing. "It's a mess. I'll pull out enough for tonight and jam the rest in the back of the truck. We'll deal with it once we get home."
    "You're really okay with that?"
    "I have to be. You go first. I'll feed the puppies and try to wrangle some kind of order out here."
     
    ~~~
     
    Two hours later, they were headed north to Moab. They'd fed and pottied the puppies, re-packed the truck and even managed to find breakfast.
    "I'd really like to at least drive through the Arches before we leave Utah," Polly said.
    Henry smiled. "That's my girl. A little caffeine and some food and you're thinking again."
    "They had Diet Dew!"
    "You haven't been able to get much of that out here."
    "I've been deprived. But I'm better now."
    A sign for the Arches National Park led them off the highway and past waves of rock formations. A quick check of the map and Polly announced they were looking at the Petrified Dunes. Stopping at several points along the way to take pictures, they were also able to get close to some amazing rock formation.
    At one point, Polly and Henry were standing in front of a wonderful formation that looked like an elephant when a car pulled in and parents got out with their child. Polly was prepared to be pleasant and smile