He had let his vision run out several hundred miles, and he was now looking at things happening in Mexico. He had not spent much time looking over thi...gs there, since he'd had plenty to do just covering the USA. This looked like something important, though: an Indian was tied between two posts and being whipped by two men who were alternating blows. It was a wonder that the Indian was still alive; his back was so chopped up that he would undoubtedly be disabled for life if he lived through this. " I was flushed with embarassment. To be entirely honest, though, I do not know whether it was because the guys razzed Stan about me, or because they said I was pretty. But, we were feeling very good, because of the booze, and, no one was around to find out. After only a few minutes of his coaxing, I agreed to go and put on some of Karen's stuff. I was to use her room anyway, so, when I had unpacked my stuff, I had pretty well learned where all of her stuff was. I was ashamed of the. . your Dad built that for you.”“Yes Sir, how’d you know?”“Just looking at you and talkin’ to you about your folks. I just knew he did. Will she run?”“Yeah, ask that man in that little sporty Jaguar back there a ways.”“Just be careful Hoot. If you have any trouble here in North Carolina, just tell them to call me. I’ll vouch for you.”“Thank you, Constable.”“Let’s go try to put them two wild-cats in a sack so you can haul their hot little asses back across the mountains, Hoot.”“Yes Sir.”Hoot was. .. woman.I sat there trying to figure out a way for all my girls and Mandy to leave with me, but the request was so simple I couldn't see a way around it. Erin brought me out of my deep thoughts. "Ral, what are you thinking?"I looked into her bright green eyes. They were so beautiful. I couldn't leave her behind. "I'm trying to think of a way to get us all home tonight."Renée touched my right arm. "You said it yourself, Ral. You're not our master and we're not your subjects. This is a group.