We went to the kitchen and Benny opened the refrigerator, to my surprise there was nothing in there but cans of beer. Benny said 'get your self one a...nd I'll pop some pop corn,' I looked at him and said 'I never had beer before, is it like whiskey.' Benny looked at me and laughed and said 'no clown, beer is nothing like whiskey, unless you let it get hot, than it's nothing but whiskey. So don't get but one at a time and drink it before it gets warm.' Like a fool I got one and found the can. Before she stepped through the curtains to introduce me, she whispered. “There are two - overweight, blonde girls sitting on the second row, in the two end seats. Those are the Board President’s daughters.“On the other end, there are three brunette’s sitting together - who - I’m sure will be proud of their makeover - too - since their Daddy is the Vice President of the Board.“Wanda and Vanna have volunteered to step off the stage and pretend to look around, before picking those five - after. One, however, abruptly ran toward the house again, this time tearing off the ski mask, only to reveal a woman’s face.“Don’t shoot! I had to join them as a way to get away from them! I wasn’t going to let them hurt you, I swear! I’m not in the Klan or a friend of theirs at all! I’m Nicole Forrester, Stanley’s wife!” she showed her wedding band and let her hair down to prove her point.“So, they are Klan, are they? Well, that’s a nice little bit of confirmation, to say the least. Hell of a way to. "I gestured, "brief your men."The next morning we were up before the sun and ate cold cereal. Each platoon had a patrol route and an area to scout. We were headed into the swamp twenty kilometers before I was going to send the squads out in a wide fan. First squad led and the point man hesitated at the edge of the water and glanced back, "serpent."I snorted, "throw a popper."The squad leader chuckled as he armed and threw one. There was a thump when it went off under the surface and the serpent.