”“Location please.”I did my best to describe our country road location.“We’ll have a unit respond. It may be a while. Our patrol units are e...sewhere at the moment.”“Okay, we’ll wait on the road until one gets here.”“If you need to, feel free to call us back. A deputy may call you directly.”“Thank you.”By this time, Jay had a gun. I wasn’t raised around guns, you understand. I was raised in town, and I heard talk, and I watched TV and movies and such, but it wasn’t until I married Jay that I. Ah, a offer of a home-cooked meal! There was no way I was going to refuse this! With grateful thanks, I slid from my horse and hitched her to the rail; I loosened her girth and was turning away as Bob said, "Put your horse in the barn out of the sun and join us here on the porch." I thanked him and did that.We sat in the shade and talked for a while; then Alice said she had to get busy if supper was going to be on time. Bob and I continued to talk about this and that, during which time he. Now she was somewhat alarmed. Self consciously, her left hand moved over her bush, only partly concealing it.“Jim..I-I..don’t think I can!” she said, a little breathless. “I mean..I never have. It’s been only George..” He opened the gate and stepped into Linda’s yard, pulling off his pants as he approached her. “Linda, it’s seems like a long time since my wife left. And no one will ever know…” Now he was in front of her, hefting. "I can just hop around all over the place. They can set me up with places that are cheap and safe," I suggested."Since when has safe been an issue with you?" she said."Since I can't carry an m16 with me," I replied."Max you stabbed a man with a butter knife and watched him bleed out. Do you expect me to believe you have suddenly gotten timid?" she asked."Good point, I suppose." I said it but I knew that I would miss my tools. "Even so you know that I am going to feel naked. I really would love.