Lesly said why you don’t just come with us. She looked at me and said would that be alright. I said sure that it was never a good idea to hike alone... I led off with Bonnie right behind me. Lesly and Susan brought up the rear. I asked if she was up just for the day or if she was camping. She said that she was up with her husband and her two k**s. I asked why she was hiking by herself. She said that her husband was fishing with the k**s and she decided to go for a hike. I asked her husbands name. " Yes, and I said you could tell us when you were ready. We expected you to be gone the next day." So did I. Blame those bloody pigeons. They'd really made a mess of my rucksack by the time we went to get it. I shouldn't have left it open when I felt inside for my torch. So I had to stay another day and then that prick of yours kept impaling me when I tried to leave." Jackie giggled."You didn't make much effort to get away," Mark laughed at her."I'm ready to tell you now if you still want to. They had only kissed and held hands. Amanda sensed that the time for further intimacy approached like his oil-soaked palms slipping beneath the strings of her bikini top. Funny how Preston had never mentioned sex before and waited for it with a quiet aplomb. He was interested in making it romantic instead of having it serve a bestial, hormonal need, and his soft touches on her neck soothed her. When he abruptly stopped messaging her, she slapped at him playfully. This man knew what he was. He was clearly a bully, a lifelong one at that, used to being able to terrify his way into whatever he liked.The man didn’t get far at all before I plunged the knife in and struck a kidney, making him fall down in agony. I pulled it out and slit his throat, showing him mercy at least, more than he would have shown me. We rushed to get his body out of the room and dump it somewhere just near the diner. Before we could pour gasoline on his body and strike the match, I heard Becca scream in shock.