He started working his way around the stranger’s hiding spot until Luke had got behind him. Luke might be a big man but he could still move through...the woods like a ghost. As he came up behind the stranger, something about his clothes looked vaguely familiar to Luke, but Luke didn’t have much time left because Cecilia was now starting to stir. Luke got up right behind the stranger and clamped his hand over the stranger’s mouth. The stranger instantly began to fight back hard. It was all. One for every county, you know. All sheriffs, pretty much everywhere are the highest elected police official in the state in which they reside. Except for a couple of counties in Georgia that is, where there is still a ‘Boss Hogg’ type of county government, a la the old TV series. But I digress. Although Bill was over a thousand miles from the West, he wore cowboy boots, jeans and a tan ten-gallon hat with a wide brim. As a kid, growing up, he had watcheda lot of B grade Westerns and had. A couple of the men looked at me with pity in their eyes."Honey," said a woman we'd never met before, "they're all dirty old men when you peel away a few layers of civilization." I know!" said Caitlin, making it into a yelp. "That's why I've given serious thought to being a lesbian!"One man spewed beer and started coughing. There was laughter, but it was uncertain laughter, and the mood suddenly became nervously tense."But I've got a good boyfriend," said Caitlin, apparently unaware she had. "I had dinner with Philip Randolph, the owner of The Argon Gallery." How cozy," Randy replied sarcastically.Well... thought Julie to herself, everything is true to form, Randy is his usual weird self and I'm reacting in my patterned responsive way... so well, what else is new."How did your trip go?" she asked curiously."Great... great, got Sam Smithers a fabulous contract with Universal Studios, quite a break for him. They loved the script... that means I get my cut and maybe can buy a new car..