I don't know ifen he wuz a fool or not, but the bandit in the engine cab jumped out an' tried ta run away. It wuz almost funny, in a macabre way, ta s...e a body jump so many different ways at once as everybody took a shot at him, an' the bullets hit. There wuzn't any question but what he would hang ifen he surrendered, so, maybe, he wuz jus' takin' the easier way out. We never got a chance ta ask him.There wuz very little extra delay at the water stop, since none of the train crew wuz hurt. We. Now take thisridiculous contraption off and we'll talk in the morning." But he wouldnot. I went to bed alone and slept uncomfortably in the belt. I awokeearly, hearing him on the move and lay there frightened. When he hadgone, I put on a negligee and went down stairs. There was a card lyingon the kitchen table. I read what he had written. "If you ever left me,I would find you and kill you." His words chilled my blood. I realisednow that he had done everything for me out of love, but all along. ”“Yeah, but we need a bit of help.”“Okay, we’ll help you won’t we Jake?”“You bet.”“Hey,” Piper said, “Who said that I wanted to do that?”“Of course you do Piper. Remember that day in Allison’s shop?”“Yeah, that was fun.”“Right you 2,” Isaac said, “you stay exactly where you are while Jake and I order the Pizzas then we’ll come back and do it.”Isaac and Jake went to the kitchen to read the pizza menu, then Piper said, “Isaac said ‘do it’. Do you think that he means fuck us?”“No, just to help us. ”“Good.”After collecting the evidence, she X-rayed my elbow from the front, then the side. “Hairline fractures of the radius and ulna. You’ll be sore.”“How long?”“Five to eight weeks; I’d estimate closer to five. You’re in magnificent shape, Winter.”“Good architecture.”“Yes, good genes, but you work at it too. Fantastic muscle tone.”Of course my primary concerns were STDs and my own mental health. We’d know pretty soon on the physical side.One interesting sidebar to my examination. Doctor.