I understood his insults then. He used the words to protect himself. Out of sympathy I went to the well and washed with cold water.For a week, he did ...ot use me. The nights grew colder. Autumn is the busiest time for farmers. Harvest and culling pigs for market, slaughtering and butchering and smoking and pickling, and ensuring the house and other structures would withstand winter, those efforts consumed our waking hours.Perhaps it was merely exhaustion that sapped his lechery. A week after we. When his fingertips made their way back to my hairline, he curled them behind my ear, softly pausing at my jawbone for a moment to smile at me before he kissed me again. His hand continued down my neck to my collarbone, fondling a lock of hair for a moment before he traced over to my strap, slipping his thumb underneath and sliding it off of my shoulder. I welcomed the gesture, and, taking his hand, I placed it on my breast, under my top. He continued on, removing it with unusually easy. “Don’t go” he says to me, I had never seen a look in his eyes like that before. “Kevin, Wh-” “He doesn’t deserve you.” He says, letting go of my arm, I turn and face him, still in shock. “Kevin…” “He treats you like crap and you do nothing but listen to his every command, he doesn’t even act like a boyfriend, he acts like he owns you.” He grabs my hands and pulls me close to him. “And you’re an amazing person, Jennifer, your beautiful, smart…” he leans towards me, “And I love you.” He says, he. Over.”“Standby, Bravo 1. The inner tunnel doors behind you are still open. We will open the outer doors in about thirty seconds, after the inner doors are secured. Be advised our security cameras indicate the Freight Yard is empty.”“Thank you, Auburn Control. Bravo 1, out.”Captain Ahmed Maroun (Bravo 1) nods to his two Company B Platoon Leaders: Lieutenants Christopher (Chris) Jackson (Bravo 2) and Aaron Denton (Bravo 3). The three officers are in the old passenger loading area, which is just a.