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deputies could give them a ride. She started to say she could, but he put his hand on her arm and shook his head. Ben rounded them up and sent them with the deputy. He said he would have someone bring them back tomorrow and thanked the deputy. The meat wagon left with the bodies and Sheriff Kilroy left right after.
Ben headed towards the barn with Andrea in tow. They found Jen hiding. She said she didn’t want the deputies to find her, which made sense. Andrea reached down and pulled her boot knife out. Ben could see the fear in Jen’s eyes.
“Stand up!” he said in a gruff tone of voice. She was trying, but was more or less just squirming on the floor. Ben bent down and grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her up in the air until she was eye level with him and her feet were hanging in the air.
Tears rolled down Jen’s cheeks but she didn’t say anything. Andrea didn’t know what he was doing. He sat Jen down on her feet and told Andrea to hand him her knife. He held out his hand palm up and waited. She slapped the handle in his hand and he knew she was getting angry with him.
Jen had more tears rolling down her face but she still said nothing. He took the knife in his right hand and put his left hand on the back of her head. Andrea wanted to intervene; she hoped he would not kill anyone else tonight. Jen closed her eyes as he pulled her to his chest. He lowered his head next to hers so he could whisper in her ear.
“Tonight I give you your life back. I want you to make something of it. Stay here and take care of the Vander Hoyts after I leave. They don’t know your part in this, and you can make atonement for the terror your crewmates brought to their door. Do we have a deal?”
He raised himself up to his full height, looking down at her. She nodded. “Are you sure?” She nodded yes again. He spun her around and cut her bonds.
“Go into the house,” Ben instructed her. “Upstairs there is only one bedroom, which is mine. You can use it tonight.” She nodded and headed to the house, leaving Ben and Andrea alone.
Ben handed Andrea’s knife back to her. She moved quick and jumped on his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and legs around his waist. She leaned forward.
“What did you whisper in her ear?”
“I offered her a job,” Ben answered. “ She will stay here in my absence and take care of the Vander Hoyts.” Andrea let go and stood next to him.
“You said more than that!”
“I was a little overly dramatic, but it seemed to work.”
They held each other for a few minutes without talking.
They walked up to the house and in the front door. “Jen!” Ben yelled. She came down the steps with wet hair and one of his black tee shirts on.
“I’ll be back in the morning. I’m trusting you,” Ben said. He grabbed his katana and knife from the downstairs bedroom. “I think you’re probably a good person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take care of them and I will make it worth your while.”
He went upstairs and got some clothes. They walked out of the house, locking the door. Ben stood on the porch just looking into the night. Andrea had gone to get her car and was on her way back. She pulled up to the front of the house and he got in. He put his weapons in the back but the clothes he laid on the front seat.
“Stop at Gus’s,” he said. “I’m hungry and thirsty and I need to tell him about what happened.”
Ben and Andrea walked through the back door of Gus’s. “Two double cheeseburgers and fries.” he said to the cook.
They came through the kitchen and stopped at the end of the bar. The first booth was occupied and the customers were looking up at them. Cindy was working the floor and Gus was behind the bar. The place was hopping and it was after midnight. Ben just remembered he hadn’t washed the blood off his face or arms. He told Andrea he was going to wash up and she followed him to do the same. As he passed in front of Gus, who finally saw them, he
Ben headed towards the barn with Andrea in tow. They found Jen hiding. She said she didn’t want the deputies to find her, which made sense. Andrea reached down and pulled her boot knife out. Ben could see the fear in Jen’s eyes.
“Stand up!” he said in a gruff tone of voice. She was trying, but was more or less just squirming on the floor. Ben bent down and grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her up in the air until she was eye level with him and her feet were hanging in the air.
Tears rolled down Jen’s cheeks but she didn’t say anything. Andrea didn’t know what he was doing. He sat Jen down on her feet and told Andrea to hand him her knife. He held out his hand palm up and waited. She slapped the handle in his hand and he knew she was getting angry with him.
Jen had more tears rolling down her face but she still said nothing. He took the knife in his right hand and put his left hand on the back of her head. Andrea wanted to intervene; she hoped he would not kill anyone else tonight. Jen closed her eyes as he pulled her to his chest. He lowered his head next to hers so he could whisper in her ear.
“Tonight I give you your life back. I want you to make something of it. Stay here and take care of the Vander Hoyts after I leave. They don’t know your part in this, and you can make atonement for the terror your crewmates brought to their door. Do we have a deal?”
He raised himself up to his full height, looking down at her. She nodded. “Are you sure?” She nodded yes again. He spun her around and cut her bonds.
“Go into the house,” Ben instructed her. “Upstairs there is only one bedroom, which is mine. You can use it tonight.” She nodded and headed to the house, leaving Ben and Andrea alone.
Ben handed Andrea’s knife back to her. She moved quick and jumped on his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and legs around his waist. She leaned forward.
“What did you whisper in her ear?”
“I offered her a job,” Ben answered. “ She will stay here in my absence and take care of the Vander Hoyts.” Andrea let go and stood next to him.
“You said more than that!”
“I was a little overly dramatic, but it seemed to work.”
They held each other for a few minutes without talking.
They walked up to the house and in the front door. “Jen!” Ben yelled. She came down the steps with wet hair and one of his black tee shirts on.
“I’ll be back in the morning. I’m trusting you,” Ben said. He grabbed his katana and knife from the downstairs bedroom. “I think you’re probably a good person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take care of them and I will make it worth your while.”
He went upstairs and got some clothes. They walked out of the house, locking the door. Ben stood on the porch just looking into the night. Andrea had gone to get her car and was on her way back. She pulled up to the front of the house and he got in. He put his weapons in the back but the clothes he laid on the front seat.
“Stop at Gus’s,” he said. “I’m hungry and thirsty and I need to tell him about what happened.”
Ben and Andrea walked through the back door of Gus’s. “Two double cheeseburgers and fries.” he said to the cook.
They came through the kitchen and stopped at the end of the bar. The first booth was occupied and the customers were looking up at them. Cindy was working the floor and Gus was behind the bar. The place was hopping and it was after midnight. Ben just remembered he hadn’t washed the blood off his face or arms. He told Andrea he was going to wash up and she followed him to do the same. As he passed in front of Gus, who finally saw them, he
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