Jackie and Jodi were in the office at Garvey’s talking about bills. However, this conversation was not like the ones they’ve had in the past. It was a lot more pleasant this time.
“So, in four weeks, after following my plan, we’ve made fourteen thousand dollars minus expenses,” Jodi said with smugness in her voice.
“If you’re waiting for me to say you were right, I’m not saying it. We can’t allow this forever, Jodi,” Jackie said stubbornly.
“I know, but why not enjoy it for now?” Jodi asked with a big grin.
Jackie grunted, “I enjoy paying the bills. With that being said, we have enough to make the next retirement home payment.”
“I have to go into Phoenix to meet with our suppliers. I can pay Dad’s bill while I’m out there if you can meet with the pool guys that are coming this afternoon.”
“You got them to come in this quickly? I thought it would take a few weeks.”
Jodi and Jackie had decided to get the pool serviced and filled since they had hotel guests again. They had weekend reservations for the next six weeks. It had been a long time since they were at eighty-six percent capacity on the weekends.
“Yeah, I had to sweet talk them to come asap, but they’ll be here,” Jodi said.
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It was dusk when the pool guys were finished. Jackie went outside and approached them. She had Garvey’s checkbook in her hand.
“All finished, Ms. Garvey,” one of the men said.
Jackie expressed her gratitude. “How much do I owe you?” she asked and pulled a pen out of her shorts’ pocket.
The men looked at each other.
The black man cleared his throat. “Jodi said she would pay us.”
“I’m sure she did, but she hasn’t returned from Phoenix yet. I can pay you just tell me how much it is.”
The white guy looked down at his feet and looked back up at her. “Jodi didn’t necessarily promise us money,” he said and tugged at his pants.
Jackie noticed the bulge in his pants and quickly picked up his meaning. She cursed to herself. She realized how Jodi got these guys to come out so quickly. “I see,” she stumbled out. “Let me go inside and call her. I’m sure she is on her way.” Not giving them a chance to respond, Jackie quickly turned and jogged to the stairs that led to the patio doors to the hotel.
Once inside, she sprinted to the office. She picked up the phone and dialed their cell phone. To cut back on expenses, Jodi and Jackie shared a cell.
“Hello,” Jodi answered.
“The pool guys are finished. They want to be paid and they don’t want money. But, I know you know that. Where are you?” Jackie snapped.
“I’m stuck in traffic. There was a huge accident. I won’t be back for two hours, maybe three.”
“Jodi,” Jackie said nervously.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t think these guys are going to leave until they get what they were promised and I’m not sure if they can wait two hours.”
“Looks like you have to take care of it,” Jodi said casually.
“Me? I didn’t agree to this!” she exclaimed.
“Look, I wouldn’t ask you if it wasn’t necessary. Who knows, you might enjoy it. When was the last time you had some dick?”
“That’s none of your business,” Jackie said stoically.
“Well, get Trina to do it.”
“She’s not here and I wouldn’t be able to ask her to do something like that anyway.”
Static came on the line. “Jackie, you’re breaking up. I’ll have to call you back.”
“Jodi . . . Jodi!” she yelled. The sound of a busy signal echoed in her ears. “Shit!” Jackie slammed the phone down.
Jackie left the office and went to the bar. Jackie usually drank wine, but she needed something stronger for this situation. She grabbed a bottle of vodka and a shot glass. She poured herself a drink. The alcohol spilled over the rim of the glass. Jackie threw the shot back and poured more vodka into the glass.
Jackie asked herself if she could do what the men required. She had peeked in the bar last Friday. The moans of pleasure and the sweat and prowess of the guys had turned her on. She admitted to herself that watching the patrons turned her on. She felt ashamed, yet she was drawn to the freedom that open sex seemed to provide. Jackie swallowed her shot and poured another.
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Jackie slowly walked back to the pool behind Garvey’s. The men sat in the patio chairs. Jackie quietly approached them with the vodka bottle in her left hand. “My sister won’t be here for another two hours.”
“I see,” the black guy said.
“That’s a long time to wait,” the white guy said.
Jackie took a step towards them. “I know. I was wondering if you gentlemen would . . . accept me as a substitute.”
The men looked at each other. “If that’s the case, then you should call me Jake,” the white guy said.
“I’m Nathan,” the black guy said.
“Nice to meet you. I . . . well . . . you know I’m Jackie.”
“Yeah,” Nathan said.
“If you two will follow me . . . we can go upstairs – ”
“What’s wrong with staying out here?” Jake asked as he stood.
Jackie’s brown eyes widened. “You want to do it out here? What if someone sees us?”
“Like who? This place is three miles away from residences and other businesses. It’s dark out so people in the hotel won’t see us as long as you keep the lights off.” Jake walked to her and took the vodka. He unscrewed the cap and took a swig from the bottle.
“I . . . I . . . I . . . never done….um – ” she started.
“You never had sex before?” Nathan asked.
“No! I mean yes. I mean . . . not two at the same time,” she struggled out.
“I'm sure you’ll do fine. If it's too much or if we do something you don’t like just tell us. No big deal,” Jake said and took another swig from the bottle. He offered it back to her.
She took the bottle and took a sip. Her head was already spinning from the three shots she had inside. Jackie handed the bottle to Nathan. Jake took Jackie’s hand and guided her next to a gray lounge chair.
She watched as Jake unbuttoned his blue uniform. The brown hair on his broad chest was straight and plentiful. He let the uniform fall to the concrete. His boxers were navy blue. Jake’s hand brushed against her cheek. She tilted her head up as his came down. Their lips touched. He gently pried her mouth open with his tongue.
His hands glided down her waist. He gathered the fabric of her pink shirt. Jake broke the kiss to pull the shirt over her head. Her nipples harden against her white bra cups. He tossed the shirt aside. His large sun-tanned hands gently massaged her C cups. His fingers pressed hard as they danced their rhythm.
She let out a breath of satisfaction as her hands moved to her shorts. Jake stood back to watch her shimmy out of them and her white panties.
“Lay down,” he whispered as he pointed to the lounge chair.
She did what he had asked.
“Spread your legs.”
Jackie did. She watched him as he positioned his head between her legs. He laid kisses on her clitoris. Then, his tongue swirled around her walls. Her back and head leaned back on the lounge chair.
Nathan, who was now naked, came over, stroking his dark manhood. He was large and hard. Jackie turned her head to let him stick his sex rod into her mouth. Her tongue teased his tip before she took him in further. Jackie moaned against it as Jake’s fingers entered her wet core, his tongue flicked against her clit.
It was no time before Jackie had to release Nathan’s dick to allow more air into her lungs. Nathan grabbed one of her breasts as Jake’s ministrations drove her into orgasmic heights. She let loose high-pitched moans as her chest rose and fell.
As her breathing returned to normal, Nathan scoped her up like she weighed nothing. She gasped with surprise. Her arms wrapped around his thick neck as he carried her to the pool. Nathan’s physique was hard and in charge. He descended the pool stairs with her in his muscular arms. He carried her to the middle of the pool and let her down.
Jackie reached under the water and stroked his hard-on. He shoved his hands into her curls. Jake swam up to them. He stood on the other side of Jackie, she used her free hand to stroke Jake’s penis as well.
After a few minutes, Jake said, “Okay, cutie, I don’t want to blow my load before I had a chance to stick it in that sweet pussy of yours.”
Jackie pouted like a naughty child.
Jake chuckled. “I promise you’ll like what we got in store. Come over here.”
They moved to the side of the pool. Jake's back was up against the wall of the pool. “Come here,” he said and opened his arms to her.
She moved towards him and opened her legs around him.
“That’s it,” he whispered as he slowly slid his staff into her under the water.
She let out a couple of moans as her hole adjusted to the size and angle of him. She wrapped one arm around him as he pumped into her.
“Hold your roll for a second, man,” Nathan said as he came up behind her. “Let me get in.”
Her walls creamed as Nathan's tip wedged in between her butt cheeks and into her back door. Nathan pumped against her a few times before Jake joined the rhythm.
Jackie breathing quickened as the men’s staffs pumped gently, yet quickly in and out of her. “Oh god,” she groaned loudly. She pressed her feet against the pool wall to brace herself.
Nathan's lips were next to her ear. “You okay, baby?”
“Oh, yes. I’m doing all right, aren’t I?” she asked in a high-pitched voice.
“Oh yeah,” Nathan said against her ear. “Just keep letting us do our thing, baby. You just keep enjoying and whatever you do keep still. You’re in the perfect position.”
“Aaah, you can say that again,” she moaned and reached her free arm behind her to grasp the back of Nathan's neck.
“Damn, your pussy is so tight and wet. Fuck,” Jake groaned.
“Looks like I’ll have you all to myself in a few minutes,” Nathan whispered in her ear.
“Fuck you, man. You’d cum early too if you were on this end. Fuck,” Jake said as he closed his eyes and began to thrust in her.
“Oh,” she cried out.
He grabbed one of Jackie’s breasts as he drew out of her and whacked his meat until he came.
“Ah. Whoa!” Jake exclaimed as he slowly swam away from them.
Nathan stopped pumping and said, “Jake got me curious. Turn around, baby.” He drew his penis out of her.
Jackie turned around. They swam a few inches away from the wall. Jackie was tired of her wet bra sticking to her, so she pulled it off and let it float away in the pool.
Nathan looked down at her large hard nipples. “You got some pretty tits.”
She proudly grinned and said, “Thank you, now where were we.” She opened her legs to allow Nathan’s sweet meat into her pussy. She wrapped her legs around him.
“Mmmm, you’re pussy is wet and tight. Nice,” he groaned. He lifted her up by her bottom. Nathan dipped them both into the water, wetting their entire bodies. He pumped in and out of her as he brought them back up to the surface.
She wrapped her arms around his neck. Nathan took her earlobe into his mouth. After a few minutes, Nathan pulled out of her and came. Jackie laid a few light kisses on his cheek.
Jackie looked over at Jake, who was now lying flat on his back on a lounge chair. His penis was aroused again. Jackie swam to a latter and got out of the pool. Water dripped from her light-skinned body as she boldly strolled to Jake. “Looks like someone needs more attention.”
Jake grinned, “Sure do, honey.”
Jackie straddled him. She dipped down on his staff. She slid up and down on him. Her hands roamed Jake’s chest as her fingers played in his chest hair.
Jake placed his hands behind his head. “You sure are pretty to look at in the moonlight. This is way better than money.”
Nathan walked over with the vodka bottle. He took a swig out of it and offered it to Jackie. She stopped bouncing to let Nathan feed her a sip. She pulled her mouth away and returned to bouncing on Jake’s cock.
She let out a long moan.
Nathan reached one hand below them.
“Hey man, what are you doing?” Jake asked.
“Just helping the lady out,” he answered. His index finger tickled Jackie’s clit.
She bounced harder and faster. Her breasts jiggled freely as her nipples hardened. “Mmmm, more, please.”
Jake reached up and started rubbing his thumbs over her nipples.
Her head began to thrash from side to side. “Oh yes, yes, that’s it.”
“Fuck, are you on the pill, honey?” Jake asked as a flush color of red started to rise in his neck.
“Yes!” she yelled louder than she meant to.
“Good, because . . . rain is comin’,” he groaned as his head pressed into the chair.
Nathan knelt his head down to her ear and started sucking her lobe as he continued to rub her clit. Jackie’s legs buckled under the pressure of the orgasm. Jake cried out like an owl.
Nathan removed his finger, allowing Jackie to collapse on Jake’s sweaty chest.
It was 11:45 Saturday night at Garvey's. Jackie did her usual final skim and was heading for the hotel lobby door when Jodi yelled out to her. Jackie turned around as Jodi approached her. “You're leaving?” “Yeah, why is that a surprise?” “Well . . . after your . . . experience with the pool guys I thought you might want to stick around,” Jodi said coyly as she rotated her shoulders. Jackie’s head leaned back to stare at her sister from a different angle. “What experience? I convinced them to take another form of payment.” Jodi burst out laughing. “Yeah, the other form being you. I’m not dumb and I know those guys.” Jackie’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t worry. They didn’t tell me. Like I said, I know those guys.” The dawn of Jodi’s meaning hit Jackie right in the face. “You set me up. You weren’t stuck in traffic.” Jodi laughed. “Now, don't be mad. You needed to loosen up a
Jackie had only gotten a few hours sleep. She couldn’t do anything for Jodi and the rest until morning. Since it was Sunday, she called her lawyer, Lester Jenkins at home. He was more than willing to meet her at his law office since it was an emergency. Barbara had gone to the jail to let Jodi and the rest know that Jackie was trying to find them an attorney. Jackie sat across from Lester Jenkins as she explained everything from the beginning and what had happened last night. Lester had been her parents’ attorney and now her and Jodi’s. He’s known the twins since they were babies, so coming clean about their morally questionable enterprise was hard for her, but she needed help. Plus, he was the only defense attorney in town. There had been two others, but they closed their offices a few months after the crash. If she couldn't get Lester's help, she would have to drive into Phoenix. After she finished explaining the problem, Lester just looked at her
Jackie wanted to consult with Jesse, the motorcycle moonshiner, to get his input on their predicament. Jodi tagged along to his house on the edge of town.They walked around the back of his one-story home to find him tuning up his Harley. Jodi yelled out to him. “Hey, Jesse.” Jesse looked up. “Hey, girls. What brings you over?” They sat down at an old picnic table. Jackie and Jodi told Jesse what happened Saturday night and about Marty Schaffer. “I heard y’all got busted. Tough break. At least half the town thinks so. The other half, well, you know how judgmental people can be.” “Yeah, we know,” Jodi stated. “At least you have the business owners in town on your side. Some don’t approve, but all of them have admitted, to me anyway, that the guests' traffic has spilled over into their businesses. They’re happy about the increase in cash.” “I see,” Jackie said. “Sorry about you g
After a lengthy debate, Jackie and Jodi had decided to go to Lester's office. Under lawyer-client privilege, they told Lester everything they had learned. “I’ve been a lawyer for over forty years and I . . . damn I don’t know what to say. You think you know people,” he choked out. “We need the DA on our side. If we can get him to agree to let all of us operate without harassment, we’ll be home free,” Jodi said. “Sometimes it’s best to deal with the devil you know,” Lester said. “What do you mean?” Jackie asked. “Let’s say you girls can get rid of Marty once and for all. Who is going to take his place? It could be someone that has no tolerance for borderline prostitution, drug dealing, and running moonshine.” “He’s right,” Jackie said. “Hell, we know a couple of the guys at the station. At one time, they were cool dudes,” Jodi stated. “There has to be one person at the station that can take
Barbara entered the kitchen at Garvey’s. Daniel was cutting tomatoes. She jumped up on the steel table he was working on and blew out a long sigh. “What’s wrong, Barb?” Daniel asked. “I’m tired of being treated like a baby. I’m nineteen. Been away from home for a year and would have stayed away, if the recession hadn’t fucked me,” she complained. Daniel smiled. “What did your parents do to make you mad?” “They want me to quit. They found out about the weekend orgies because of the bust Saturday. I told them that I don't participate and even if I did, I'm an adult now. I can make my own choices. They went on about how I’m still young and impressionable and sex kills. Bottom line, my dad said if I was grown enough to work here, I'm grown enough to move out. So, I packed my bags and left. I'm hoping that Jackie and Jodi will let me stay here for a while.” “Wow, sounds like you both put your foot down.” “Y
It was dusk when Jackie and Marty walked to their private villa at The Coco Resort in Phoenix. George and Jesse tailed them. Jackie kept Marty distracted with conversation on the way to Phoenix so he wouldn’t notice George and Jesse following them.The original plan had been for Jesse to follow them. His job was to have Jackie’s back just in case something went wrong and to give her a ride back home. George had insisted on coming along to help look out for Jackie. She smiled as she thought about how protective George was. He had made it clear that he wanted more than just sex from her.Marty glanced over at her and put his pudgy arm around her shoulders. “Beautiful sunset, isn’t it?”His question snapped her back to the present. “Yes. Hopefully, we’ll be able to see it from our villa. It was so nice of you to bring me here. This place is absolutely gorgeous.”“Nothing but the best for you, Jackie. Ah, this is it,” Marty said and stopped at the villa.Jackie made a mental note of the n
Jodi and Matt Kirby pulled up to Marty Schaffer's house. David and Danielle were already in position as the lookouts. Matt wore his deputy's uniform just in case someone saw him around Marty's house. The excuse would be that the sheriff had asked him to pick up some case files. Jodi had wanted to break in Marty's house with Bonnie, but Matt wouldn't have it. After a long argument between Matt and Jodi during a quick meet-up at Jesse's home, Jesse had intervened and said both of them needed to go. Matt gave Jodi a deputy’s uniform and hat to disguise herself. He treated her like she was a fly in his way, so they argued about that during the car ride to Marty’s house. They didn’t speak to each other as they walked to the back of Marty’s house.Matt bent down and lifted the back doormat. Jodi glanced at his butt and thought it was a waste that a nice ass like that was on a jerk like him.Matt picked up the key he found. “See. No reason to be a thief wanna be and pick the lock. I told yo
His head pounded as he opened his eyes. The white haze cleared where he could see the desk in the bedroom.Marty slowly sat up on the bed. He was naked. “Shit,” he murmured. “What the hell?”The last thing he remembered was waiting for Jackie to come out of the bathroom. He called out for her. No answer. The villa was empty. He racked his brain trying to remember what had happened.A loud banging echoed from the living room. Before Marty could react, two men came into the bedroom. Both of them wore dress shirts and ties.“What the fuck?” Marty asked.“Sir, we got a call of a disturbance in this room. We knocked, but no one answered,” one of them said. “Are you all right?”“Yeah. Who are you?” Marty asked, and then he grabbed the robe that was on the bed.“I’m Detective Gerald Jacobs and this is my partner Detective James Woods.” Detective Jacobs was tall and slim. Detective Woods was short and bulky. “What happened in here?” Jacobs asked.“I don’t know. I just woke up,” Marty replied
Matt knew Billy acted too familiar with her. Suspecting it and hearing about it from Billy’s mouth were two different things. The sight of Billy lying on the bed with his hands behind his head and his chest puffed out next to Jodi made Matt’s blood boil. He didn’t know whether to just kick his ass out right or throw him out by the scruff of his neck. Once Billy got over the initial shock of Matt coming out of the bathroom, he had the nerve to smirk at him. “There’s no way in hell that thing is real.” “Billy, this is not the time for your cute zingers,” Jodi said with her head down. Her fingers pressed against her forehead. “Yeah, Billy. Take her advice,” Matt sneered as he approached the foot of the bed. “You said you two were just friends in college,” he said to Jodi. She lifted her head to look at him. “We were friends.” “With benefits,” Billy added. He was still in that same ridiculous pose on the bed.
An hour later, they were in the shower. Matt tickled her as she tried to wash his hair. She giggled so loud that she was afraid that everyone upstairs heard her if they were awake. Matt rinsed the soap off of her.Jodi got out and grabbed a soft towel. She was drying herself. She turned around and stopped when she noticed Matt watching her. The water beat on his chest as his head leaned to the side – checking her out.“Stop it,” she said and swung the towel at him.He let out a playful chuckle.“Wash the rest of that soap off before you turn into a prune,” Jodi said as she held the towel against her.“I will if you promise to get back in bed and wait for me,” he said with a smirk.“I promise,” she said and wrapped the towel around her.He winked at her.Jodi giggled as she left the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Jodi hummed as she picked up their clothes. She folded Matt’s clothes on a chair across the room and placed his boots under the chair. Jodi hung Matt’s black Stetson o
Jodi woke up with Matt’s arms around her. She looked up at his sleeping face. He looked so peaceful. She glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 5:03 a.m. Jodi sighed with regret. She had to wake him. He had to get back to his cabin.“Matt, Matt. Wake up,” Jodi whispered and lightly patted his shoulder.“Mmm,” Matt groaned and kept his eyes closed.“Matt, come on. It’s 5 a.m.” Jodi said and kept patting his shoulder. “Matt, it’s 5 a.m.”He groaned and slowly opened his eyes. “So,” he said hoarsely and tightened his grip around her.“So? You should go before the sun comes up.”“Bunny, don’t you think we’re safe out here? Everyone in both houses knows about us for Pete’s sakes.” He seductively growled.She smiled. “True, but I don’t want to shock them to death. As far as everybody knows you went back to your cabin last night. People have a way of flooding my bedroom in the mornings - whether I’m here or at the hotel.”Matt groaned in protest.“People are going to start stirring in an h
Jesse gave Jodi a small jar of moonshine and an envelope with cash in it. She tried to refuse the money, but Jesse wasn’t having it. He told her to buy something nice for herself.When she got back in the cabin, Matt wasn’t in the kitchen. She wasn’t sure if he was still there or not. Jodi didn’t see him walk back to the cabin when she was outside, but it was dark. She looked around and she didn’t see his hat or jacket.She went downstairs to the office to check on Billy. He had on his gold wire-rimmed glasses. He was rubbing his head as he was pouring over information on his laptop. His next conference call was in thirty minutes. Jodi made Billy a fish sandwich and warmed some fried potatoes. They were leftovers from last night. She sat them down on the desk along with a can of soda. Billy looked up at her and mouthed the words thank you as a man was frantically talking on the speakerphone.“Going to bed?” Billy mouthed.She shook her head and leaned down to give him a kiss on the ch
Matt looked up at her. A tear came down her face. He lay down next to her and wiped it away with his finger. He propped his head up on his hand and looked down at her. “No, I’m sorry. I was an asshole two weeks ago. A monstrous asshole. I know you were taking care of yourself. I know you loved our son. I’m sorry for being stupid; for not seeing it before. You were sick before you had left town. Fainting in the diner, you were fatigued, how pale you were. In hindsight, it was obvious you were pregnant. I was too self-absorbed to see it.”“No. My god, you were working around the clock. You were dealing with all the awful things Marty, Paul, and Ghost were doing. There was no way you could have known.”“That’s another thing. You had to have been frightened during that time. You were sick and pregnant while bodies were piling up around you. Your sister was being threatened and your friends were being killed one by one. You didn’t tell me because I was stressed. You were trying to protect
Matt went outside. Billy stood next to Jodi on the deck. She held a small red cooler and the shawl Rita knitted her. A large wicker picnic basket was propped on a rocking chair.Jodi’s hair was tied in a ponytail with a sheer white scarf. It hung down her shoulder. She wore a yellow sundress that came above her knee. Her feet sported white flat sandals. Jodi smiled as Matt approached them. He smiled back.“There you are,” Billy said cheerfully. “The path is a few feet that way,” he said as he pointed to the far left. “You probably saw it when you pulled in on Monday.”“We did. You sure walking a quarter of a mile won’t be too much for you?” he asked Jodi.“No. I need the exercise,” Jodi said with a smile.“She’ll be fine, just don’t let her carry the basket. It’s heavy,” Billy said.“All right,” Matt said.“Have fun, Pussycat. I’ll see later,” Billy said and kissed her on the forehead.“Don’t work too hard,” Jodi said softly.Matt balled his fists in his pockets to keep from punching
Later that day, Jodi sat at the kitchen table with a wicker picnic basket and a small cooler in front of her. She was waiting for Billy to get off the phone so they could go on a picnic and watch the sunset.Jodi’s mind drifted to the service. She was glad she had invited Matt. It gave him peace. That’s what she wanted. Jodi was surprised Matt didn’t bring Mindy. At the town celebration, he had seemed completely taken with her. Jodi had figured he had confided in her. She had to admit that she was a little too gleeful when Mindy wasn’t at the cabin last night. Not that she had a chance with Matt anymore.Jodi let herself get caught up in the memory of how handsome Matt had looked this morning; the captain with his soldiers behind him in dark suits and ties. They all had looked good. Jodi put her finger to her mouth. Her mind drifted to last night. The sight of Matt – rugged and shirtless; his tan muscles proudly out for her to admire. Her lips parted, her tongue wetted the tip of her
Matt, Patty, and the deputies walked down to the lake shore. The deputies marched in formation behind Matt and Patty. They all wore dark clothing. Patty held a lantern and a white rose. Carter held a lantern as he walked in front of the deputies and behind Matt and Patty. Williamson held a lantern as he walked behind the rest of the deputies.Jackie had come over last night and gave them lanterns. She had given Patty a rose to drop in the water. And she had given Matt a bottle with a cork and a bag of blue sand. She had said it was for him to write a letter to his son. Matt was to put his letter in the bottle with the sand. When Matt was ready, he was supposed to drop it into the water. Once they got to the lake, Williamson stood next to Matt. The sheriff’s department stood perfectly still as they watched a row of lights come from the direction of the Garvey cabin. The clergy walked in front of them with a lantern.The two groups stood at the lake’s edge. The clergy stood in front of
Matt couldn’t believe how his men rallied around him. As soon as Jackie had left his house, Dalton had started making coffee. Williamson had grabbed trash bags to put all the beer cans, liquor bottles, and various other garbage in. Matt had drunkenly gone upstairs to take a shower.The deputies had insisted on coming with Matt to Lynx Lake. Patty, the switchboard operator, did, too. The three college students from Phoenix who worked the late shift had been happy to cover for Patty while she was gone. They needed the money. Williamson had been able to get six cops from surrounding counties to watch the town while they were gone. Williamson had told Mayor Walker that they were taking Matt away for some R&R. Walker had been ecstatic and had no problem with all the guys leaving town at the same time. Walker believed it would do Matt a world of good.They pulled up to the cabin late Monday afternoon. Daniel’s car was at the other cabin when they arrived. Matt assumed Barb was with him. The