I knew most wives were more than happy to have us guys away from home for the first week of deer season. It was like a small vacation for them.I was a... hour away from home just as twilight turned to darkness. As I followed the twists and turns of Route 6, I saw the service van in front of me smack a beautiful buck and bounce it back to the side of the road. Even as I braked, I saw another deer, a doe, bounce off the side of the van to drop near the buck. I pulled onto the shoulder of the road. " Make her do it," Billy said excitedly.But still Colleen hesitates at their demands. It just wasn't proper for a woman to undress in front of any man.Jeremiah pulls out his large Bowie knife and flips it through her hair. Then draws it near her throat in a threatening manner."Now take off your clothes," he hissed at her. "Now undress! Start with the shoes."Colleen reluctantly slipped her dainty feet out of her shoes and let them drop to the ground."Stockings," Samuel continued.Again Colleen. It shouldn’t have disturbed him, but it was the last straw.When he got home, Jen greeted him with: “Guess where we’ll be next year?”The way his day had been going, it had to be: “Moline?”“Close. A three-point charge on the Mississippi south of Moline.” From her face, this was a joke. “However, Aldersgate is likelier.”“Aldersgate?” If that was what he thought she meant, his whole day had changed. “In Evanston?”“In Evanston. The one in London is taken.”“Darling. You’re so kind to me.” And she. Dick's muscles bulged out. His biceps were huge and it looked like his muscles had muscles on them. His dark black chest was flexed and Fred thought he could make out several scars crisscrossing the man's chest. His mind imagined Dick in a knife fight in prison. He probably kept a switch blade in his pocket. He remembered Amos's iron grip across his throat last week. Fred's knees went weak with fear. He couldn't take these men. He dropped to his knees in the wet grass and felt the rain rush.