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don’t have a choice. All I ask is that you take my son into the house and protect him.”
    “ Of course,” she replied.
    “ Let’s go, then,” I huffed and clapped my hands together. “Everyone should get inside the house right now, immediately, those who don’t want to fight. There isn’t much time left. Anyone who wants to stay and help me fight ’em off - you’re more than welcome.” I ran to the door of my camper and ushered Ronan to the top of the stairs, picked him up and swiftly carried him to the house. The tall man followed me as I placed Ronan in the care of an older woman who held her arms out for him when I reached the porch. When I turned around, the angry man referred to as Cooper looked past me, his eyes squinted and intensely focused on my son.
    “The problem is, we don’t have enough ammo to fight that many people,” whispered the tall man. “My name’s Solomon. I help out around here. We can fight. We’ve done it before. But we’re running low on supplies and we don’t have enough to fend off that many people. Do you have some kind of plan? Help me out here.”
    “I have weapons,” I said. “I have a lot of weapons. Guns, ammunition. In the R.V. Plenty. You’re welcome to it all. I just don’t know which bullets go with which guns. I don’t know how to use any of it.” Solomon and Cooper glanced at each other.
    “And jus’ how in the hell were ya plannin’ on takin’ out seventy-five homicidals without guns?” Cooper asked while raising one side of his lip in disgust, his hands gripping his hips.
    “I have my own weapons. And I have my own ways. I’ve done it before. By myself.”

A Battle In The Fields
    We were in Ritchie’s kitchen, finishing up dinner. Grilled salmon, asparagus with hollandaise and butternut squash. He cooked it himself to demonstrate his culinary skills and did better than I ever could. When he excused himself to use the bathroom, I began to do the dishes as a compliment to the chef. It was the least I could do.
    I didn’t hear him come up behind me. I inhaled suddenly when his open mouth sank into my neck and he slid his hands down my forearms and into the soapy water. When he reached my own hands, he forced them open, causing me to let go of the dishes and rag. He slowly turned me around and continued to massage my neck with his lips and tongue. I closed my eyes and tilted my head back. My chest rose and fell rapidly as he moved up to my cheeks and finally to my mouth. We kissed passionately and deeply. I couldn’t get enough.
    After a few minutes, he gently pulled back, but only by a hair. When he spoke, his lips grazed my own.
    “I’m going to have to go into the other room now,” he whispered. “If I don’t, I won’t be able to stop.”
    “ No,” I begged. “I don’t want you to stop.” I lifted his shirt over his head and pulled it off, letting him know what I wanted. He moaned slightly when I put my hands on his chest. I felt his skin rise in gooseflesh underneath my touch. He picked me up and carried me to the bedroom.

    Solomon barked orders to the rest of the people and sent them scattering. Before Ronan was brought into the house, I knelt down and kissed both cheeks.
    “Don’t worry hon, I’ll take care of it.”
    “I know you will,” he smiled at me before standing on his tip toes to watch the t wo children who plodded up the porch steps behind me. His eyes followed them to the doorway which we blocked and I stood up to make room, brushing my hand against his cheek before turning around to leave. I never wanted to say goodbye to him, so I didn’t.
    I ran back to the camper and jumped inside, running to the bedroom to get my gear.
    What the hell was I thinking?
    We were so close to home. My house was literally right around the corner. We were almost there - and then this? Was I crazy? I had a moral obligation to tell them about the homicidals. But I should have pretended to be some helpless mother with her son and left for