"Sean and Ezra drew the horses and put their own tack on them, along with their shotguns. They were ready to ride with the sheriff in only a few minut...s. He led them at a fast lope and they arrived at the Upson ranch at 10:00 o'clock."Jed, I brung two detectives with me. Show us where your daughter wuz when she wuz kidnapped sos we kin start huntin' fer her." She wuz in her room sleepin', an' the bastards busted in the winder an' grabbed her. They wuz gone afore we knew what happened. My wife. **** Royce was just about to take his seat at the table when the door opened. A rough looking, unshaven man entered, and he looked so scruffy it was as if he hadn’t seen a shower in weeks. He was just another scruffy blue-collar fisherman in a big green padded jacket, a dark blue sweater, a matching woolen cap, and faded jeans. Although the man had whiskers, Royce could see that he was in his early to mid-twenties and it was his scruffy look that made him appear older He didn’t really look. Emily coughed and then pushed him away slightly."Woah, steady on babe," she said smiling at him. "You're crushing me,"she chuckled. Stephen backed off blushing."Sorry," he said grinning a little. "I'm just so happy that you're ok,"Emily nodded."I know baby," she replied. "We had a little scare there, butfortunately we both came away unharmed." Oh good, she's awake," Richard had returned with Stephen's coffee. Hehanded it to him and then placed a hand on Emily's shoulder."How are you feeling?". Hecould just lie and say that is was a normal online relationship that gotcarried away and that she continued to push him into doing more and morebizarre and nasty things with the threat of blackmail. Well, that is whathe would say if it ever happened, and so what if his neighbors did notbelieve him? It was not as if he was close friends with any of them tobegin with.Tom started to gather everything up to throw it away. This was old hatfor Tom. He would gather a nice collection of bondage toys.