When I unlocked the door, Peggy said what she must have been thinking earlier when she and Tad had first seen the place. “God, what a dump!”“Hey... don’t hold back,” I said. “If you don’t like the place, just speak up!”“I know they don’t pay you guys much,” Peggy said, “but surely you could do better than this.”“Hey, it’s clean -- kinda. Boring? Yes. But it’s clean, and the air conditioning works.”“No roomies?”“Just me. It’s true what you said about their not paying us much, but I’m not flat. This was alltoo convenient to be a coincidence. Bloom wanted me to really know whatit was like to be kidnapped and helpless. The two of them had then comeup with the idea to make me think the van was stolen."Of course. That man will do anything to protect his investments. That'sprobably why I like him so much," Marcus grinned."Then you can let me go now?" I asked. "I mean you and Mr Bloom havecertainly made your point!" Not just yet. There is one more thing you need to experience I. Other times she would say that it was messy. Approximately eleven months ago Dave gave up his lease on his apartment. He was working to find another place so while he was in between residences, my wife encouraged him to stay with us. Dave seemed to like the idea, so he moved in. Dave sleeps in our bed every night, but I have objected. It was Dave who slept naked and encouraged my wife to do the same. My wife never objected, and the three of us have slept in the nude since he moved in. Dave. On the way, I grabbed the shotguns, my Henry rifle, and all of my ammunition and water from my horse.Being under the buckboard was going to give us a great advantage if the Comanches stayed mounted, and Nathan's lecturing said that they would if they possibly could. They did not have guns, only lances, war clubs, and bows, though there were more bows than I had hoped for. Still, I did not expect us to be showered with arrows, because the Comanches would try not to kill the horses, which might.