After my heartiest hellos I told Tina to take their bags into the upstairs bedrooms and that dinner would be in about an hour. We ate and I listen to ...hem go on and on about the trip they were looking forward to, different guys from school and the things that they were doing, I was a little shocked at the way these very young ladies talked about sex. I know it sounds as silly as it always did when I heard it from my parents, but my generation was a little more... covert about sex.When the. Knowing time was limited, they had to find safety. Urging Buck faster in that direction, the big horse sensed the danger, and broke into a fast gallop instead of his usual ground-covering canter. Just as they reached the base of the cliff, Hoyt heard the earth-shaking, ear-shattering roar.Flash Flood!He had never seen nor heard a flash flood before in his life, but when he heard that sound, there was no doubt about what it was. He tried to turn Buck the other way and outrun the wall of water. Now would be the perfect time for him to try to get in and take whoever was holding Fiona, but he hadn't identified any easy way to gain entry yet.The sudden metallic clanging of metal on metal sounded abnormally loud in the still of the night and Gavin automatically leapt from the porch and rolled forward into the brush at the side of the cabin. The door burst open and light streamed out, framing the figure of a man in the doorway. The figure moved before Gavin could bring his gun to bear, and. Actually, since even before that. ‘Did you know she and John Bennett were having problems, and almost called the wedding off?’ I was stunned. ‘No, she never told me that,’ I said. ‘It was just a couple of days before the wedding, Jessie told me she wasn’t sure if she still loved John. She didn’t know if she could go through with the wedding. ‘Then John was killed. Did you know they had a terrible argument that night, and John left very angry?’ I shook my head. ‘A few hours later he was dead . ..