CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
Seeing the koala logo for the second time in as many days set off an alarm. Especially given the place I had last seen it. Okay. It seemed the Harcourts enjoyed working with the church. Maybe they had arranged a church group event at Embrace the Wild, whatever that was. I switched to a search engine and entered “Embrace the Wild” and Maryland. A click on the Enter key and it appeared as the top result.
Based on the photos of visitors posed with presumably tame baby chimps, bear cubs, and other normally wild fauna, I quickly deduced it was a kind of exotic petting zoo. Scrolling down the page, I noticed that the place allowed groups to book events. So maybe it was as simple as that. Maybe the Harcourts had arranged such an event. And maybe Reverend Leland had the card for that reason. But as I continued to scan the page, the word “safari” caught my eye.
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