‘I’m no as vile a man as that, tae do things like this tae men just fer pleasure, son. Callum recognized many of these men from that night and tol... me who they were. It was’ne hard tae make them pay in kind fer their acts. I want tae send these bastards tae hell wi’ as much suffering as they caused others. Ye’d do the same if ye were me, so ye would, I know it. Ye’ve always been a just man, e’en since yer were wee. Ye pounded the shite out of Magnus McPherson fer hurting yer dog in fun, do ye. This is a mans rest you're disturbing."Sge clambered into the big lumpy bed. Her uncle had already turned his back on her to go back to sleep. She snuggled in the warmth of his back and the masculine scent of him was evident. Tentatively she stretched up against him through her thin nightshirt.Gil was uneasy. Becky was gorgeous and totally unaware of the effect she had on men. She was twenty and he had to keep reminding her not to sashay around in her nightclothes when the ranch hands were. " Yeah, they are."We both turned around to find Anita sitting on a small chair near us, looking confused. She smiled and said, "I'm glad you two know what you're talking about."When Anita and I returned to the crowded main hall we were strolling and talking. And casually holding hands. I have no memory of how that happened, or who reached out first, but it seems we both reached out at the same time. Her fingers hung loosely from mine, and she looked down smiling and I looked down talking, and. Smart people!We gathered up our stuff and left for a safer location. We figured to go back at daylight to see if we could get rid of the rest of the invaders. In any case, it looked like Cortez was no longer a threat to anybody.The next morning, we returned to the beach to see what, if anything, had transpired during the night. As nearly as we could tell, the camp was exactly as it was when we stopped shooting last night. It seemed to me that we could return to our previous job, since the few.