"I nodded, gave her the quartermaster's requisition, and we began loading the wagon with two-hundred pound barrels of well-milled white flour. By suns...t we were done and the lady of the house offered us a meal which we enjoyed along with a bottle of home-made wine of some sort, blackberry maybe. Then George and the girl, whose name I have completely forgotten, scurried off to the loft, all but panting to be at each other.The woman, whose name was Portia, smiled at me as she washed her plates. He turned it and pushed the door open.Dave walked in and paused when he saw Sue. He pretended to be a stranger and slowly walked over to her. Without saying a word, he took my smelly old shirt and wrapped it around Sue's face, gagging and further blindfolding her at the same time.Thinking that Dave was gone and that this was an intruder, Sue struggled against the restraints. She could smell the odors from the shirt and the soap, which further convinced her that it wasn't her husband.Dave wasted. ” She said, with a grin. I laughed, and said, “Talented and Beautiful. Is there anything you can’t do?”“No. I’m awesome.” She laughed.I pulled the tarp over our stuff and hammocks, tied it to the top of the trees, preparing for the rain. I laid back, threw sand on our fire, and closed my eyes. The moonlight barely lit my surroundings, but I couldn’t see my body much or any of either Selena or Violet. Five minutes in, I heard rustling. I sat up, staying still to hear. Then one of the girls said,. "Minutes later Joe flagged down a cop and the stranger told the cop,"Yeah, I tried to get her bag, I figured she had some good stuff,maybe."The officer asked Joe for a statement and told him he might have to actas a witness against the man in court, but with his confession, it wasnot likely. The presence of Joe's Marine issue second hand K-bar nevercame up in the discussion. "Well, officer, I hope it won't get that far,I would hate to be responsible for CUTTING his future SHORT like that."When.