Chapter 14
Loretta forced her arms and legs to be still, letting her racing mind take up all the excess motion. This giant seemed to come out of nowhere, just a few feet away under a tree when she finally noticed him. No one else had ever caught her on her nighttime visits, not in a decade. She reminded herself to be grateful this man hadn't waited until she was in her own version of a Builder's trance.
"If I let you go, what are you going to pull out next?" he said. "Another revolver? A knife? You're not exactly defenseless."
"You have my only club," she said. "I'll show you where my knives are. I can't breathe!"
He only watched her, and Loretta was sure he would stay where he was until she blacked out from lack of oxygen. He was quite purposely crushing his barrel chest against hers
