Let me show you.”I almost expected the dogs, but instead she led in four naked men. They had black leather hoods over their heads, numbered one thro...gh four in red numbers on their foreheads. The hoods were wrapped around so tight they could not open their mouths. The only holes in them were a few small breathing holes around the nose. They could not see a thing.There was a foot long chain at the base of each hood that connected to the next person in front, making for a train. Anna was leading. Before she made it out of the row, she spotted a worm on a stalk of corn. ‘Damn critter, I don’t need you eating my corn.’ Pinching the offensive critter off the ear of corn, she flicked it away. Her eyes checked out the ear, ‘This looks like it’s ready to harvest.’ Plucking the corn from it’s stalk, she headed towards the gate that separated her garden from her front yard. Natalie watched the Allan brothers jog past. The eldest Brian, looked like he was barely breaking a sweat, where the. I was on East Coast time so I stayed up talking with Sis.I asked what she meant about helping me with my shyness. She got kind of philosophical and told me why being a woman was so complicated because of sex. This was territory we had never talked about before because sex was so embarrassing for me and sexuality was a taboo topic in our house when we were growing up. She said that overcoming shyness requires confidence and confidence requires experience. The problem is that experience is scary. "We need weapons. Can you provide them?" Shafiq asked.Her two companions eyed Assam hopefully, as it seemed Shafiq wasn't the only one feeling vulnerable while unarmed."I'll see what I can do. I should be back within a couple of hours and you can tell me about this mission that you have planned," said Assam, "keep the door locked when I leave and don't open it for anyone but me."Assam was as good as his word and less than two hours later a Honda CRV jeep pulled up in the driveway of the house..