She glanced back to John just as he was turning back to her. ‘John … ‘ ‘Yeah, what’re we doing?’ John said, interrupting her. ‘Not muc...h point now,’ Em offered. ‘Yeah, it would be foolish to risk a journey on this raft if we’re about to be rescued,’ John agreed. ‘All this work for nothing,’ Em lamented. ‘Definitely,’ John said turning to look back down the beach at the mast of the raft sticking up over the sand. ‘We don’t really need to continue, right?’ Em questioned. ‘You’re right, not much. But he was like an a****l. He took me three times in two hours. I had to wear head to toe clothes for weeks until the bite and bruise marks had disappeared.’I was astonished at Mom’s disclosure, and was confused over how I should feel. Sure, she had made a sacrifice for Dad, but she was still a whore whichever way you looked at it. Then, when she told me that the third time was another sacrifice to get Dad a big contract with some old Japanese guy, any pity that I had had began to dissolve. In. Joe always envisioned they were arguing at the time, and if they were it was about money. It was then Joe vowed that he would strive to make himself as comfortable as possible, as quickly as possible to enjoy life. He wasn't mad about his parents; just sad he was cheated out of them seeing him really become successful. They had just retired and his Dad worried what Johnson Construction might be with Joe at the helm. He had hoped it could flourish under his son and Joe could eventually turn it. . cattle and ... we were sent ... to stop them.”“Well we’re the O’Dells. Have you seen any cattle?”The man shook his head, still trying to catch his breath.“That’s right. We’re prospectors, not cattlemen, not rustlers. You’ve killed a lot of my family over the past week. There will be a reckoning.”“The company has a lot of men. They are going to want to get even,” he said breathing easier.“Look around. Does this look like even? You lost eleven men last week and now five more. We lost two men, a.