Embittered Competitor: Day 6

Word Count: 36,002

Summary of Events:
Chapter 11:
Terri ended up being parked next to Spencer and had quite the nice, amicable, and intelligent conversation with him and wondered if he would really do such sabotage as Steele was suffering. Steele then suffered more sabotage that night, he successfully roped the calf, but something on his saddle broke and his saddle fell off of Prairie. Steele examined the saddle and found it had been sabotaged by someone cutting one of the belts that held the cinch to the saddle, they had also stolen his spare trailer keys some time before.
Chapter 12:
Terri was heading to her truck to go to bed and noticed a light on in the tack area of Steele's trailer, she got no answer and then got knocked unconscious. Steele had heard a commotion near his trailer and went out to see what was going on, he found Terri and revived her. She then explained to Steele what had happened and Steele took her back to her trailer, having seen no immediate signs of concussion. Steele then found footprints and noted that they were smaller than his feet and so he borrowed a boot from Terri and compared it quickly as it was beginning to rain and found that the person who'd knocked Terri out'd had men's size eight/women's size eleven feet and what type of boots they'd been wearing. He hypothesized about the suspects he had in mind and surmised that whether or not it was Spencer, it had been a man. The next morning Terri invited him over for breakfast and he repeated as much to her.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Competition was over for another night and Terri headed back toward her trailer. She was puzzled by what'd happened to Prairie's saddle, and she wanted to see what Steele thought about it.
As she approached his trailer she saw the lights in his living quarters were out. He must've gone to bed already. But no, there was a light in the tack area. Terri walked up to the tack area door.
"Steele?" she asked quietly.
No response, he mustn't have heard her.
"Steele?" she asked louder.
Still nothing. She should go in there and turn that light off then. Grabbing the handle, Terri tugged. The core was locked. If it wasn't it usually opened quite easily.
"Steele?" she asked again, concerned. She knocked on the door.
It sounded like there was someone moving around toward the front of the trailer; Terri turned to look but could see no one. She thought she heard sound behind her, but before she could turn around something collided with the back of her head, hard, and blackness enveloped her before she hit the ground.
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Rubbing his eyes, Steele got out of bed. What was with all this noise? Was the saboteur in his trailer? He turned on the lantern beside his bed. No one. Climbing out of bed, he used the lantern to survey the room and saw nothing. Opening the door, he went to step out and startled.
Terri's head — and her shoulders, thankfully — was on the found outside of his door. Stepping over her, Steele went around and saw — much to his relief — that Terri's entire body was there. He checked her for bleeding wounds and found none. He checked and found her camera seemed undamaged as well.
Then Steele noticed something. The tack area door was open. Getting to his feet, Steele checked out the inside, but saw nothing suspicious. Whoever had his keys must've been there. He closed the door and locked it with his own keys. He then returned his attention to Terri.
Picking up her hat, he tossed it into his living quarters, and he also set her camera bag inside the door and turned on the light. He pushed the door mostly closed and then gently gathered Terri into his arms and brought her inside and laid her on his bed.
He closed and locked the door to his living quarters and checked Terri's vital signs, she had a pulse, her breathing seemed normal, now he just needed to revive her."