Prologue
Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
Family Fun Day – Crane Family Farm
“Cole, Grandpa said you need to get that calf in the head chute now! We’re wasting daylight!”
The 15 year old sneered at his younger sister but he hustled to the fence line to get his show calf. He untied the skittish animal and started to walk him toward the chute where his grandfather was waiting, electric trimmer in hand.
“What are they going to do?” Dana looked at me with curiosity.
“They’re just going to buzz off some ear hair and tufts on top of his head and the ridge of his back...make him look handsome for the judges.”
Dana shrugged and started to ask another question but her attention was diverted away when a black Cadillac Escalade skidded to a near stop at the end of the dirt driveway and then turned and
