The small community of John's Crossroads had little of value to anyone but them. Nevertheless, they suffered attacks from war parties without a real l...tup. In one case, a group of six men were attacked one afternoon as they were gathering firewood. Firewood was the only fuel easily available, so it was a valuable commodity, and a number of men made a living by gathering it from the surrounding woods.This group of woodsmen were attacked by about 18 Nipmucks out for a little rough fun at the. Anyway as we talked about our lives she said her husband had had a stroke some 5 years ago and he was bed ridden and she looks after him 24/7 but she gets one day off a week when his c***dren look after him for her.I told her how sorry I was and she started to cry, I got a tissue and wiped the tears from her eyes, and I could tell she felt low, so I kissed her, and unusually she actually kissed me back and in a matter of a moment we were snogging quite verociously. She had on trousers and a. "He laughed and said, "You were right, you would make a cute girl."I just laughed nervously not understanding what he meant by that and we kept walking. We sat in a booth at Fridays and just kept talking before the waitress arrived.When she asked what we wanted, Mike answered, "We're just having a couple of drinks. I'll have a Heineken and he'll have your Chardonnay special."I started to say, "But I don't want..." when he cut me off and said sternly, "Quiet!" Then he said with a smile on his. She sat up in bed and stared at me for a moment."Travis?" she asked."Sorry," I said. "I forgot to get clothes for today. I didn't mean to wake you." It's OK," Liz said. I still looked at her in the mirror and saw her blink her eyes a few times. "I put your clothes on the dresser in the other room. I thought about it last night and I worried you wouldn't just come in to get what you needed. Oh, I put a toothbrush in there, too. I keep a fresh one in my carryon bag so it's never been used or.