“I’m not allowed to say yet. There’s a special investigative detective here. He allowed us to speak to you when you woke. Says we aren’t suspe...cts. He’s right behind us watching.”Nancy looked past them and saw a dashing young man in a beige overcoat standing in the entrance. He still wore his hat, and he tipped it at her. She giggled.“That’s the drugs. You’re on a special mix to dull the pain. Your body was…” Will stopped speaking when the detective cleared his throat. “I’m not supposed to say.. . I've always been small," I said as I looked away with a feeling of shame sweeping over me."Hey Kid..." He paused and I turned to see him looking at me intently. "Don't worry about it," he said as he gave me a warm comforting smile. "If that's the way you are, then that's the way you are. You'll be fine." I felt much better after he said that. "Maybe working on the ranch will make a man out of you by the end of the summer." He gave me a wink and a little smile that made me feel everything was. Old, wrinkled nuns...Thankfully, it worked.I had almost finished my dinner, except for the peas of course, when my mother looked over my shoulder. I turned to see who it was and almost choked on my tongue.Standing behind me was Aunt Susan. I froze! Had she decided to tell my mother what had happened this afternoon?! Had she decided to tell us that we had to leave the camp? Had she... ? The awful possibilities were endless. Sometimes, I hated having a vivid imagination.“Susan,” Mom said. Just as Thor was about to deliver his next mighty blow, Dan grabbed his right wrist with his left hand.“I think that is quite enough!” He interceded. Thor paused, looking up at the man who was stopping his pleasure.“Wait for your own turn with this bitch, she’s mine right now!” He growled.“That’s my wife you’re beating up!” Thor pulled his hand from his grasp.“Then you can watch me beat the living fuck out of her! I told this fucking bitch what I’d do to her if she puked on my cock. Besides,.