I wasn't sure Maggie wanted to speak to me, but I couldn't leave her upset."Maggie?" I called when I stepped inside the door. I could see the glow of ...her flashlight coming from the stacked hay-bales. She was sitting on the bottom row. Her knees were bent and her face was buried in her arms."Go away."I ignored her and joined her on the hay. I said, "If I do, Leldon or Dad will come in." Ya'll are driving me crazy." You can always go live with Aunt Prudie and Elvis."Whether she wanted to or not,. I continued on. The rabbit was heading towards the stream. Good, I was thirsty.I stopped mid-stride. Thoughts of the rabbit vanished when I saw the pink shorts draped over a bush. On top of another bush lay a black tee-shirt. And something else pink. Panties. My eyes shifted from the panties to the sound of splashing. Bent over, I ran to an outcrop of volcanic rock and ducked behind it. I peered around the big rock.Maria was squatting waist deep in the stream, splashing water on her bare chest. For Frankie, a cheeseburger with a bowl of fries and a sixteen-ounce Cola would do. Bill, sitting opposite, kept his head down while devouring his chicken-fried rice – no beverage included.“We’re going home after this. Tired and I want to watch some T.V,” Bill said.“I go when I say we go.” Frankie’s jaw dropped like a drawbridge and slammed shut over a large portion of her burger. Mayonnaise dribbled from her bottom lip and Bill stared and chuckled.“What?” she asked with her mouth full.“You. Her chest was brought to the ground, having her ass up in the air and knees and chest in the ground. Her chin was touching the ground and she was facing straight forward. The goblin-magician had her eyes locked in her eyes and was using hypnotism to control her body. She was maintaining eye-contact with him as the group of goblins were tying her legs to pins in the grounds. When her legs were secured, they tied her arms together, first her wrists together and then her elbows. The they tied her.