"Mrs. Cork started forward."No, Mom. Let me." But Ashley..." her mother started."No mother. I have to do something. You and his mother wanted me to be... involved in his life anyway. Right?"Mrs. Cork reluctantly returned to where she had been standing.Ashley turned to the prisoner. "Lou, clear me some space around the prisoner." She took General Smith's gun before he knew she was doing it. "Ken, if he twitches, shoot him."Lou cleared a space as the prisoner sullenly stood there glaring at. Julie said it would be fine and said to her mum it was about time she got regular sex, with which Patricia mock slapped her on the knee. During the evening we sat and had a bottle of wine and ate some cheese that Patricia had forgotten to pack for the picnic. The conversation was light and flirty and it felt great to be with these two beautiful women. At about 9.30 Julie excused herself and headed to her bedroom. Patricia stood up to clear the table but I stood up and took the glass she had. Now at the time I wasn’t to surewhat I was going to do but I told myself I could handleit.Once my parents had gone to bed I waited a little bitbefore sneaking out to the barn. I went out there in mynightie without bothering to wear underwear guessing Iwouldn’t need them. I walked into the barn and saw mydad’s stallion in his stall still awake. I walked up tohim and rubbed his face and main to get him relaxed. Iopened up his stall door and walked in closing itbehind me.I. He’s commissioned at least one painting, good money. I don’t know if I’m going to do more than that.’ She looked down at the ground and twirled her right foot back and forth on her big toe. ‘I like to draw.’ ‘Are you good?’ ‘I don’t think so. But I like to do it.’ ‘Why don’t you show me one of your drawings sometime?’ ‘My Grammie burned them last week when she got drunk and mad at me.’ Tom thought for a couple of moments. ‘Tell you what. Why don’t you come over to the park when you get off.