With a swiftness that is astonishing even to myself I explode into action and kick him with all my might between his legs. Even this giant of a man ha... very sensitive testicles and he falls to the floor, crying from pain. It may have been a shot of luck but here is my big chance to escape. I jump to my feet and runs out of the hut. It is early in the morning, too early for anybody to be awake in the village. I rush blindly into the jungle without any thoughts about what dangers may lurk there:. But I felt compelled to do more. I worked at the exercise bike until I couldn't breathe. While I rested, slumping on the handlebars and huffing and sweating, Fiore strode to me, his hands on his hips. He wore his perpetual, taunting grin."At first you couldn't do enough," he said. "Now you try to do too much! You can't make up for missing yesterday by overworking today! You can't go back, my friend. Only ahead. Never try to go back. Now, rest. And begin again!"I rested. But then I worked myself. Steve was getting pretty old, like almost 22 and Daddy had already had three kids by then! But that hadn't worked out so good for my dad, had it? And besides, falling in love didn't really explain Lisa not being around all day either. So, maybe they'd decided to hurry up and fall in love and go ahead and have a lot of sex too, since they were having such a good time anyway. That sorta made me laugh and I just really hoped Steve wasn't going to fuck Lisa and then send her packing like he'd. “Yes!” I chuckled.“You two MEN better watch it!” Mom threatened, but she was laughing now.“I think that’s my cue to head to work,” I said.I got up, gave my mom a quick hug and went up to brush my teeth. It was one of the few things which I hadn’t packed since Saturday. Everything else was in boxes, bags, or suitcases, ready to be put in my car and the station wagon for the trip back to McKinley. I finished in the bathroom, then headed out to my car for the drive to the hardware store.“Last.