It was a long shot, but I had no where else to go.I stopped for the night in an abandoned barn, hiding as best I could in some old boxes. Despite the ...old, and uncomfortable floor, I passed out almost immediately. Nightmares of mobs with pitch forks led by my father wielding a shotgun, haunted me during the night. I awoke stiff and cold, my missing hand throbbing. I decided to check the wound.After a painful few minutes easing my make shift bandage off, I found my stump seemed to have. You need to kiss it to make me better." I'll bite it," she hissed. "Asshole!"He pulled her across the bed until her butt rested at the edge, her legs around his body. She tried to squeeze her thighs shut, but he leaned over her pressing his groin against her. He leered down at her and she slapped at his face, digging her fingernails into his cheek, leaving blood furrows as she scratched."We are going to have so much fun." Help!" Panic filled her. He was so much stronger than her. "Someone. Now I needed to work out all my other obstacles and life will get good again.Thinking about my former life, reminded me that I hadn't read Rebecca's email. I ran to the laptop and opened it.Brian,If you are Brian, that is.How could you not be Brian and know all the little details about Brian's quickie with Sandra?Whatever this is includes us, Brian. Jim, Millie, Colleen and me. We'll be there tomorrow, around one, and Jim got us a suite near the airport at a place called, Sanford Suites. We'll. "Driving all day burns a lot of calories" she replied, slightly annoyed "you don't just sit on your ass all day. I've got to load, maintain the truck and trailer, even driving takes a lot of energy to steer and work the throttles"."Sorry," I said, "I didn't mean to offend." And," she said, sidling up to me, "I find other ways to burn calories." We shared a kiss.A couple of hours later we were driving across the flatness of the California interior."There's an open spot behind a hill I know.