Louise said, “Masha, you need to get out and talk with these women.”I said, with exasperation, “Louise, can’t you please talk with them for me...”Louise simply said, “Masha, you’re the hero, not me.”I reluctantly got out of the back of the truck while the women began to clap. Some approached me and said, “Those men raped me! I want to thank you for helping the police to capture them.” I was shocked when they hugged me and cried.I said, “I’m sorry but I need to eat my breakfast and we need to be. Working in close quarters, we bumped into each other more and more. Bumping into someone is inevitable in a fast food environment as you rush around reaching for this or that, as you pack orders. At the time, I didn’t understand that Sharon was allowing me to bump into her, in fact making herself available. It was intentional, but I didn’t realize that till now. As for her breasts, they were noticeable. Reasonably large, and since she was young, they didn’t sag – and when she moved, they. I’d found the unconditional love I was looking for. I’d found an ability to be able to return it. My mind blanked out every other aspect, every other possible problem, every other realistic event. I lived totally in the moment. And then it ended. Like the click of a locked door on a jail cell. To say I was devastated sounds so trite. I couldn’t stomach food for three weeks. I couldn’t stand to be in the kitchen cooking dinner for my family. My stomach kept heaving. I picked at pathetic morsels. Morten, however, pointed out to many of them that while the lord was interchangeable, the men and women that toiled the land were of great importance.For the first time in recent memory, Morten had predicted that Hulett would not have to import food the following year. That would lower the cost on daily staples such as bread, butter and bacon, and permit the tenants to keep some of their hard-earned coppers for other uses.Yerrick’s family had found the importance of the horses during their.