A lot of my buddies would come over to watch the sporting games and play pool, or darts. Saturday night is usually poker night. The stakes would vary,...but never more than a dollar bet. It is supposed to be a friendly game.I did run into Frank a couple of times and he filled me in on Dee. She is working in a doctor's office. She has her own place and is dating again. I have not seen her since the divorce."Tell her that I said hello and I wish her well," I told him.The past three years I did not. This bike is not only comfortable but flashy. It's a Harley CVO which the Custom Vehicle Operations at Harley Davidson build in limited numbers each year.Mark threw a big arm around me and pulled me in close for a long wet kiss which I returned until he broke away. He was in a very good mood and I was feeling ready to rock. This was going to be a great trip.We met Keith and Angel for breakfast and talked about the ride today. There was a biker event in Southern Colorado and that's where we. ”Joe considered making Abbey wait before he approached the gang boss to tell him what was on offer for him and his work crew. However, although he liked the idea of making her wait and tormenting her with not knowing when her suggestion might become reality, he also was anxious to see how Abbey would behave when she was confronted with a group of men who lacked the restraint of his friends who had been present at the party.So, Joe told Abbey that he would go to where the construction crew was. .. good. We can begin.”Not that I recognized the language ... it was guttural and coarse.He grabbed the lodgepole pine splinter sticking up and twisted.“OW fucking OW!”“Hold him,” he said to the unknown hand.Darkness.The splinter wasn’t a splinter ... it was the three foot end of one of my tipi poles ... and it had transfixed my leg. I am supposing he pushed it through ... supposing ... because it was no longer sticking out of my thigh. The darkness lifted ... I could see again.“Why didn’t he.