"Call me when you find them."Nice town, Ben thought. He was standing on the porch of a rental cabin on the outskirts of Poplar Bluff. He and Loretta h...d been there for a week; they'd made the 160 mile drive from St. Louis in a little over 5 hours. Ben had been careful not to break any speed limits but he wasted little time getting out of St. Louis.Poplar Bluff, known to its residence and people in nearby communities as "The Bluff", was a large town or a small city, depending on who was talking,. “Bring your good queen hat and your chaps. I have plenty of booze”, I said. “What do I need to bring those for?” I reached around her and grabbed her ass, “I want a little show from the state rodeo queen.” “Oh, I’ll give you a show alright”, she replied with a grin on her face. She went into her trailer and grabbed those two things while I headed to the camper. Everybody was too busy drinking so I wasn’t concerned about then searching for us. She came over a few minutes later, and came inside. Are you okay asked Dr. Ashford. Yes Ill be just fine I just really dont want to see William this way Id rather remember him the way he was &hellip,alive. Yes I do understand your wanting that replied Dr. Ashford. He pulled out the long silver table that William was laying on out of the freezer, I heard a loud click as the table locked in place, Dr. Ashford pulled the blanked from over Williams head so that I could see his handsome face. It was all so surreal seeing him just laying there, he. "He managed that and once the engine was running he eased the punt out ofthe boat shed and then around the workshop and boat dock and into theriver. "Turn upstream, that's left, I know a lovely picnic spot about ahalf hour upstream. If you get fed up with driving, I'll take over." I won't so settle down and relax, I have handled a dinghy with anoutboard before and the view from this end is breath taking," he said asa light gust of wind lifted my skirt and petticoat but died as my handtamed the.