.. until the marine let him go. Then he fell to one leg, his bloodied hand clutched to his chest, his breathing growing increasingly ragged.“Did you...learn your lesson, then?” Bosch asked, his voice shining with sweat, his eyes gleaming as he glared down at Lou.Lou managed to smirk. His head lifted up and he showed teeth. “Yeah. Loud. Clear.”Something in Bosch’s face showed he heard the undercurrent of Lou’s words. He turned and he stalked off, his hands clenching and unclenching and clenching. She was attractive, but not pretty like his sisters and Kit. Her hair was plain brown with sun streaks and straight. She constantly flipped it back over her shoulder, glancing around toward him again and again as she did.He watched her with his hat still low, his eyes nearly closed. He saw her turn quickly toward the front of the car.Little Eli looked that way. The young man seated up front, was turned toward the back, looking directly at her.Little Eli watched each of them closely, his eyes. Obviously I had to keep looking, and I was feeling stirrings in my groin. Shit man, I told myself, she is less than half your age, just enjoy the view and don't make an ass outta yourself by doing something stupid!It was as I neared the end of the work she said, "Sorry Jim, I need the bathroom. Will you help me back into my chair?". I bent to pick her up and my heart was pounding near out of my chest as I held her in my arms with her breasts inches from my face. She put her arms round my neck. Then the funcan begin.? Fear enveloped Traci's writhing body as she made a feeble attempt to freeherself. What did this man want from her? She knew the answer but didn't wantto dwell on it. Only minutes had passed but it seemed like hours when the oldChevy made a right turn off the highway onto a rough dirt road. Soon the carpulled up in front of what appeared to be a dilapidated frame house. She couldsee a small kerosene lamp flickering inside what appeared to be the livingroom of the small.