I’m a senior.’ ‘What’s your major?’ ‘English Literature.’ I smiled. ‘Uh-oh. Better not get into a war of words with you, huh?’ She l...ughed. ‘Somehow I don’t think you have a problem finding the right words with girls.’ ‘Who me?’ I put on a little of a drawl, even though that was not common in this section of southern Illinois. ‘I’m just a local yokel from these parts, who is trying not to lose a battle of wits with a smart woman.’ She slapped me on the arm. ‘Snake charmer!‘ I laughed. ‘Okay.. ” Terrified now, Tink struggled against him but the effort was useless. At only six-stone and eleven pounds, ninety-five pounds to some, she was no match for the stronger, larger twelve stone brute pinning her to the mast. He pressed his chest tight to hers to free his hands and the filthy sailor began fumbling with his ragged pants, freeing his wood. Tink never saw the fleshy pin coming at her but she felt it riding on her thigh as foul tasting lips mashed onto hers and Tink suppressed a gag.. Lina had paid a Columbian coyote called Hyena $200 to escort them through the Darién Gap to Yaviza, Panama, about 60 miles to the north.The rapists were loosely affiliated with FARC, but were mostly just roaming thugs. Hyena was beaten, robbed, stripped of his boots, left for dead. Pilar watched silently from a small clump of trees at the edge of a large swamp. Lina didn’t cry, didn’t beg, didn’t resist.Walker, earnest, “Winter, Vanessa is so beautiful.”“Yep.”“But you’re more.”Aw.The Paloma. “Although letting natural justice work its way might solve a few problems.”For the weekend trip to Canberra, Chris and I installed the CB radios in each car, so we could remain in contact on the drive down. We had the trailer packed on Thursday night and left Lane Cove around 9:00 on Friday morning, the aim being to miss the morning rush hour. We stopped at the Paragon Café in Goulburn for lunch – once again, their food was magnificent – and reached the Railway Museum in Canberra just after.