“Yes, I know I’m not long for this world. I’m over ninety, and I’ve known that for years. It’s just more certain now. I’m ready to go. ...What I don’t know is how you came to find me in the first place. I know I’d remember if we met before.”“It’s kind of a long story,” Ella dodged. She was more than a little embarrassed by the selfish motivation that had eventually led her here. “I learned who you were because the campground is in danger of being foreclosed on for unpaid taxes.”Even deeper. Finally she opened the door just as Jake caught up with her. “Get off! Get off!” she started to scream as Jake pulled her away from the door. Before she could say anything else he had his hand over her mouth, muffling her cries. A second later I was there to help him. Without saying a word I took her legs, avoiding some ill-placed kicks, and we carried her back to the truck. We cuffed her hands behind her back but she was still struggling hard. “Buddy, I gotta hit her,” I told Jake. “We can’t. “Baby, he’s going to fuck your ass, you know that was the deal,” Roger said, trying to be gentle but not succeeding. Kate’s head dropped and then she turned back around and repositioned herself with her ass high in the air. “Her ass, now.” Roger demanded of Malcolm. Malcolm just stood there. “I don’t think she wants it, man.” “I want it, so she wants it. Hear me?” Malcolm thought for another second or so. “Yeah, I got it.” He looked down at his semi-hard cock. “But first you need to take care. .." Susan, my darling, where are you?" Rick interrupted.He had remembered her voice instantly even though it had been over four years. But something was very wrong. It was almost as if she did not hear a word he said. Susan sounded like she was reciting memorized lines."I'm ... I'm downstairs at a pay phone..." Just then Rick heard the characteristic sound of the pay phone collecting its initial deposit.Before the connection was broken Rick yelled into the receiver, "Susan, I'm on the fortieth.