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the backhoe. “You know how many looky-loos we’ve been getting up here … that old guy yesterday, those other clowns last week. So, let’s remember to use English, okay? We’re going to end up with some serious accidents if we don’t know what the heck we’re saying to each other …”
    Nikos and Taki stared at their boss but didn’t answer.
    â€œOkay, what’s the holdup, Nikos? Who told you to shut this baby down?”
    â€œTaki thinks he saw something.” Nikos pointed toward the backhoe’s bucket, where Taki was carefully removing small stones from the earth beneath it.
    â€œYou’d better be looking for gold down there, Taki, that’s all I can say,” Sean grumbled. “We’ve got rain coming in tomorrow and I can’t afford any more delays around here.” He jumped into the shallow pit and shook his head. What was intended to be the basement for the addition was less than four feet deep. The combination of inclement weather and the rocky New England landscape had forced the excavation to take three times as long as Sean had anticipated—a fact that had strained to the limit his relationship with the property’s new owner.
    â€œCome on, Taki,” he said, resting a forearm on the backhoe and peering around the bucket, “what the hell are you doing down there? Let’s let Nikos get back to work.”
    â€œThere’s bones down here, Sean.”
    â€œSo what are you? A dog, all of a sudden? Who cares?”
    Taki lifted a bone, about ten inches in length, and handed it to Sean.
    â€œSo?” Sean said, looking the bone over. “Probably a deer or something.” He waved the bone toward Nikos. “Fire that backhoe up. Let’s get back to work.” He placed the bone under his arm, clapped his hands three times, then clawed his way out of the pit, holding the bone in his left hand.
    â€œI don’t think it’s a deer, Sean,” Taki called back to him.
    â€œThen a horse, a cow. Who cares? It’s ancient. I mean look at it. Probably been down there for a hundred years … This was a farm, for pete’s sake. There’s probably lots more animal skeletons lying around—”
    Suddenly Taki let out a small, startled yelp, stood quickly, and genuflected.
    Nikos jumped from the backhoe and trotted toward him. “What is it, my friend?” Again, he spoke in Greek.
    â€œIn English … in English … Come on, you two. You know the rules.”
    Nikos placed his hand on Taki’s back and glanced at the cleared area. “You better take a look at this, Sean. This is no horse or deer.”
    Sean slid back down into the hole and joined the other men. When he saw what they’d found he dropped the bone he’d been holding like a hot iron. He then walked around them and bent down to get a closer look. What he saw was the top half of a human skull sticking out from the loosened dirt. The backhoe seemed to have crushed a portion of it. “Damn,” he said as he stood. He turned to face Nikos and Taki. They both took a step backward.
    â€œProbably an Indian … Native American … whatever,” Sean said as he dusted his hands off on his jeans. “No telling how long he’s been down here.” He sat down into the bucket of the backhoe. “Whoa boy … I’ve got to think for a minute. This could mess up everything …” He rubbed a dirty hand across his forehead and the three men were silent for several long minutes. “Okay,” Sean finally said, “here’s the plan: Taki, I want you to go keep an eye on the other guys. I don’t want any of the crew to know about this besides the three of us. I don’t care what you tell them, just don’t let them come down here for twenty minutes or so, okay?”
    Taki nodded and climbed out of the dig. Sean turned his attention to Nikos.
    â€œAlright, Nikos, we’ve