On his knees, he let nature take its course with all of its obvious discomforts and odors. When nothing more wanted to come up, he staggered back to h...is hamox and sat down, exhausted.“Well, that was pleasant. It was so much better to have an audience for the performance too,” Porter said.That got a chuckle from the group. As one they dismounted their hamox and hobbled their beasts. Without any obvious order from the leader, one of the patrol un-tethered Porter’s second hamox and hobbled both. It looked like it was set up for a poker game, only without the table in the middle. On each tray table were several dildos, of all sizes and colors. There were long feathers, and thin bamboo sticks. There was a big tub of beer on ice in one corner, and a long table filled with all kinds of different stuff, from a crock pot full of hot dogs, to a bunch of things I’d never seen before. There were two huge syringes that must have been twelve inches long and three inches around. Another. Julie said she’d made a joke and thought Helen was kidding, Troy said she should know better than thinking Helen’s joking when it comes to elaborate, expensive gifts. The argument over whether or not to keep it ended with Julie saying she’d figure something out. I say argument, but really, I’ve never seen the two of them have a fight that lasted more than a minute. With an open marriage, the power to control minds, and the investments Troy’s made for both of them (And me. He’s gonna be a great. The night before he moved ( his parents had goneahead) we cried in each other's arms and made love one last time. When heleft, I put it behind me and blocked it out pretending it didn't happenand went into a state of denial. Up to now there hadn't been a situationthat brought it back. Until I got hired at Coxon and Dicster. Not untilnow.But I wasn't ready to give in, not just yet. I had to contemplate theramifications of it. I didn't think I had as much guts as Heather orShannon. They were.