I’d been sitting down for a couple of minutes when I heard voices and Pete walked back in but this time accompanied by a tall blonde lady and introd...uced her as Val his wife. Val was probably in her in her 30’s and unlike Pete was more softly spoken, “Hello, we’ve never done this before so bear with us”, she said. She then gave me a guided tour of the house starting with my room which to my surprise wasn’t a pokey box room but a decent size room with a double bed. She explained that as she had. Like I said, it was a small town and there was no way something like that would stay a secret very long.Years passed and nothing changed very much. People moved away and new people moved in. I really didn't get very friendly with many of them but I did stay friendly with Tori. She never got married although she did get involved with a couple of guys. I never stopped flirting with her and watching her turn red every time never got old.I finally retired and became a sort of "Mr. Mom". I had many. Chief Umgallah wanted it mounted to the central support column of his yurt and to poke through the ceiling as high as it was safe for it to project. I guessed that one meter of its length bound to the support and two meters projecting through the roof was a safe combination.The ceremonial mounting of the totem came on the fifth day. I explained that the gods were very busy, so they did not have time for a lengthy ceremony, so I didn't want the people to be disappointed at the brevity of the. He growled as he moved in and lunged. I turned and shifted as I caught the wrist and snapped it back. I kicked across and into his other knee and he screamed as it broke and he went down. I kicked the dropped knife away and bent to grab his hair again.I pulled and dragged him out and into the bunk room while he kept yelling. I looked around and grabbed a climbing rope and tossed it over a beam. I tied the end to his feet and pulled him up and wedged a chair in a door to anchor it. I walked.