ambush.
While Alice was not in shock, one could tell that she had been severely traumatized by the gang rape and abuse that she had suffered earlier in the day. Steve continued to help Janet as they continued towards the campsite and Bill, Janet’s husband was helping Alice. Janet appeared to be okay, almost as if nothing had happened. She stayed very close to Steve.
Beth and John were walking and talking.
“What the f…err heck is going on,” John whispered to Beth.
“I don’t know, but I had noticed Bill and Alice sneaking away from camp several times over the last week. They were going out into the woods and making love right under Janet’s nose. Janet does not need an unfaithful husband right now,” Beth added.
John said, “But hell, Beth, look at Janet and Steve, she hugs up to him and looks deeply into his eyes every time she gets a chance."
“She may be reacting to the rape or Bill being all over Alice. Hell, I just don’t know. I thought I knew those two, but whatever is going on, they kept it from me,” she told him. Then she said, “Hon, why don’t you just ask Steve what he knows?”
“Beth, you just called me Hon. Please don’t do that unless this can go somewhere. I am 10 years older than you are and live 400 miles from your home. Don’t tease me because..…”
Beth pulled him close to her and said, “Hon, I don’t know you real well, but I really like what I’ve seen so far.”
She then smiled, walked ahead and joined Janet and Steve for the rest of the walk to their camping spot.
The group rounded a bend and Gus pointed to an outcropping of rock that jutted out over the creek from a wall of rock on the right side of the creek. John pulled a tiny single cell flash light out of one of his many pockets and shined it all around the area that Gus had pointed out, looking for critters and snakes.
Steve saw the light and exclaimed, “I knew that you just could not abide by the rules of this camping trip, but this time your gadgets are welcome. Do you have any more?”
John replied to Steve,” I always have a few tricks up my sleeve, now let’s make camp.”
There was a hollowed out place in the rock wall, just below the outcropping, that was large enough to provide shelter from the rain. The floor was sand that had washed in from the creek during high water. They began walking up to their home for the night. It was about five feet up above the bottom of the creek bed and was like walking up a steep sandy beach. The ground consisted of dry sand and would make as nice a place to sleep as they could have found. John saw no snakes or other creatures and they sat down in the sand and stared going through what gear they had.
After setting their gear down, Beth poked John in the shoulder, “I am so hungry, I could eat the southern end of a northbound skunk.”
They had been so busy surviving that none of them had thought about food. None of the group had eaten since breakfast, but at least Beth’s bunch did have sandwiches for lunch.
“John, didn’t you get some of our food when we grabbed some of the gear back at our camp?”
“Damn, you’re right Beth, I forgot all about it.”
He had been packing the small duffel bag since they left Beth’s camp. He also had the candy and candy bars from the plane. He dumped the bag’s contents on the ground and searched through the pile on the ground.
“Damn it John, I can’t see a darn thing.”
“Hold on Beth,” with that he
While Alice was not in shock, one could tell that she had been severely traumatized by the gang rape and abuse that she had suffered earlier in the day. Steve continued to help Janet as they continued towards the campsite and Bill, Janet’s husband was helping Alice. Janet appeared to be okay, almost as if nothing had happened. She stayed very close to Steve.
Beth and John were walking and talking.
“What the f…err heck is going on,” John whispered to Beth.
“I don’t know, but I had noticed Bill and Alice sneaking away from camp several times over the last week. They were going out into the woods and making love right under Janet’s nose. Janet does not need an unfaithful husband right now,” Beth added.
John said, “But hell, Beth, look at Janet and Steve, she hugs up to him and looks deeply into his eyes every time she gets a chance."
“She may be reacting to the rape or Bill being all over Alice. Hell, I just don’t know. I thought I knew those two, but whatever is going on, they kept it from me,” she told him. Then she said, “Hon, why don’t you just ask Steve what he knows?”
“Beth, you just called me Hon. Please don’t do that unless this can go somewhere. I am 10 years older than you are and live 400 miles from your home. Don’t tease me because..…”
Beth pulled him close to her and said, “Hon, I don’t know you real well, but I really like what I’ve seen so far.”
She then smiled, walked ahead and joined Janet and Steve for the rest of the walk to their camping spot.
The group rounded a bend and Gus pointed to an outcropping of rock that jutted out over the creek from a wall of rock on the right side of the creek. John pulled a tiny single cell flash light out of one of his many pockets and shined it all around the area that Gus had pointed out, looking for critters and snakes.
Steve saw the light and exclaimed, “I knew that you just could not abide by the rules of this camping trip, but this time your gadgets are welcome. Do you have any more?”
John replied to Steve,” I always have a few tricks up my sleeve, now let’s make camp.”
There was a hollowed out place in the rock wall, just below the outcropping, that was large enough to provide shelter from the rain. The floor was sand that had washed in from the creek during high water. They began walking up to their home for the night. It was about five feet up above the bottom of the creek bed and was like walking up a steep sandy beach. The ground consisted of dry sand and would make as nice a place to sleep as they could have found. John saw no snakes or other creatures and they sat down in the sand and stared going through what gear they had.
After setting their gear down, Beth poked John in the shoulder, “I am so hungry, I could eat the southern end of a northbound skunk.”
They had been so busy surviving that none of them had thought about food. None of the group had eaten since breakfast, but at least Beth’s bunch did have sandwiches for lunch.
“John, didn’t you get some of our food when we grabbed some of the gear back at our camp?”
“Damn, you’re right Beth, I forgot all about it.”
He had been packing the small duffel bag since they left Beth’s camp. He also had the candy and candy bars from the plane. He dumped the bag’s contents on the ground and searched through the pile on the ground.
“Damn it John, I can’t see a darn thing.”
“Hold on Beth,” with that he
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