In their panic, they forgot their canteens of water.The bandits only had pistols with them in their rock fort. John couldn't tell if they had just lef... their rifles behind with the horses, or if they had never had any to begin with. Either way, the Troop had a distinct advantage with their repeating rifles. The Troop just had to be cautious not to shoot any of the women.The bandits reached the rocks well before the Troop got there, but the Mexicans began shooting their pistols long before the. On such an occasion, their shared sexting would have only added spice to a short-term, full-on Threesome episodic adventure.The complicating issue in what developed now, was that Ben was not a stranger and that their relationship with him was not short-term. For both Erika and Christine, Ben had been their first, by circumstances unfulfilled, love. Erika and Ben had left it unconsummated. With sixteen-year-old Christine, her passion – while as strong and genuine as Erika’s – was then only. Not like me, he thought ruefully, crossing over to his case he unzipped it and found his wash case and made his way to the bathroom.He stood under the shower alternating the water between hot and cold letting the fierce jets of water revive him. After shaving and cleaning his teeth, he was thankful that the fur ball that had seemed to be in his mouth was gone. He slipped into a towelling bathrobe that was hanging by door and stepped from the bathroom.A woman was rummaging through a drawer of. "Let me see what I want." The jägerschnitzel caught my eye. It was a pork cutlet sautéed in a mushroom and bacon sauce.Molly and I talked while Brandy or his son Bernd prepared our meal. Molly was curious about my Mennonite background. I explained that my family had been in America for over two hundred years. Molly's German connection was much more recent. Her Oma or grandmother was thirteen when she moved to Reading, Pa. with her parents in 1946.Molly told me how Oma used to take her to dances.