Okay, pads here, pads on his side, pads on his shoulder. I'll need help holding some of these until the medics get here."Agent, I need some hands over...here!"The first county sheriff's car had slithered to a bouncing halt well down from the scene, its siren silenced but its cannon lights strobing brilliant light bursts. A man in tan uniform studied the scene, assessing the situation. He spotted Barringer and yelled out, "You, there, toss your gun away and hit the ground, NOW!" He pulled his. Charlie must have seen my horror and she reached out and patted my arm reassuringly. “It’s okay, our treat,” she said soothingly. She looked expectantly at Tiff, who just nodded quietly.The waitress came over at that moment and stood expectantly with a little notepad. “Let me guess, girls. Tea and two scones each?” Charlie and Tiff smiled and nodded contently. The waitress looked over at me. “You’re a boy!” she squeaked, flummoxed. “We can still do the breakfast menu if you want a fry-up?”As we. What’s behind it?’ Ray hesitated for a long moment. ‘I dunno. After a couple of fumbling attempts with girls, I found my way to be successful identifying who was interested in hooking up with me and getting them into bed. No hurt, no force, no foul. ‘I’ve heard other guys, a fair number talking in the locker room at the club, in the bar, at parties. They’d be making out and the girl would start to resist. Rather than holding back and letting her catch up, which is all that may be necessary,. Once again, we found two more tunnels. Aside from the one leading south to my house, and the one to the west to the boathouse, there was one to the east to the foundation of what appeared to have been a barn when we checked later. The one to the north ended abruptly half a mile from the house, apparently never completed.While we stopped for a late lunch. I made more phone calls to the numbers Walt had given me earlier. I was both saddened and heartened to learn there were five former peace.