Timothy was stunned.
He heard Candace's voice coming from the front car, "Timothy, I'll borrow your car for a while. I'm going now. The ring is really there. Go and dig it. When we meet again, you can give it to me!"
"Candace, where are you going? Stop!" He shouted angrily, but all he could see by then was the exhaust gas from the car.
The car disappeared quickly into the night.
He dropped the tools in anger and took out his cellphone to call Heinz.
As soon as the call got through, he said immediately, "I'm sorry, Candace ran away. She drove my car and escaped. Can you stop her? She should have just arrived at the main entrance of the Alpine Resort."
"How could she run away?" Heinz was in shock. "Mr. Yarbrough, you didn't let her go on purpose, did you?"