“Everyone said it was an accident, but I killed her.”She lifted her tea glass with both hands, took a long drink, and set it down. “What happene...?”“We both belonged to our little rural volunteer fire brigade. Renee and I were both certified firefighters, and I was also one of the incident commanders. One night, we responded to a house fire. There were only four of us available, and so we took both our trucks. We needed all the water we could get, and our backup from neighboring departments was. It's a little tedious working around the hole to the tunnel, but that turns out OK. It takes two days to finish the back wall and the side walls.The next morning I decide we need a break from the construction. The women go gathering and I take Algossi hunting. We go up to where I know that rabbit lives. I see several little rabbits up there. We shoot a big one and I let Algossi clean it there. No use leaving a bunch of entrails around camp.We bring the rabbit back and give it to the women. We. "You still in the same pool office?" I asked casually."Yes. I'm still in charge." Indirectly that told me he was still a commander."How often do you get out into a project?" I don't. You can't have the person in charge of a pool being posted away from it, even temporarily." Oh no, oh I'm sorry."He shrugged, but I could see he was hiding something. "I've only just heard about a role that came up a week or so ago. I've applied for it, and when I get it, it'll mean a promotion." Oh brill. Doing. I told her that I was going to come.“Do you want to finish in me or in Ronnie?”“Ronnie said she needs the lube.”“OK, it’s Ronnie then, but I want you next time. Is that a deal Ronnie?”“If that’s what you want it’s yours, but don’t make a habit of it.”“Oh, so the wife who is going to be fucked by half-a-dozen men doesn’t want her husband to fuck a woman who can turn his life upside down.”“You told me that you only like them big, Sue.”“I did, didn’t I. Perhaps I was wrong. We all make.