hiking frame pack from his back, effectively killing the moment.
“Do I get to debrief Henderson?” Coleman again tried to focus the target of laughter away from him.
“You are still and never will be my type,” she replied.
“Not without surgery anyway,” the sheriff quipped.
This comment was met with a glaring stare down from Henderson directly at him. There had been many times when he had publicly outed her in this way. As her boss she felt he constantly crossed way over the line. The sheriff knew Henderson was gay and had openly told her behind closed doors that reporting or filing a complaint against him would mean her having to come out to the rest of the world, something she was not yet ready to do at that point in her life.
Most everyone in the small town knew she was gay and did not care. Yet Henderson felt that Pine Run was not like the rest of the world and that is why she had decided to live there away from her family in Fenton in the first place.
“All right, let’s get this fire going, we still have about six miles to cover at first light.”
“Sleeping here, huh?” Ravizza asked.
“This spot is as good as any,” Henderson said, bending over to drop her hiking pack and supply bag.
The motion of her bending over in front of the guys did not go unnoticed and just about every one of them silently enjoyed the view, tilting their heads to the side in relation to the angle at which she bent.
“Lord have mercy,” Coleman said.
“We should probably leave the Lord out of it.” Ravizza replied in a joking tone.
“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned,” Coleman added.
Magee playing the part of the preacher jumped right in. “And what are these sins you wish to absolve of, my son?”
“Coveting my neighbor’s possessions,” Coleman said.
“That is not exactly what is meant by coveting, my son.” Magee said.
“Well, Father, she possess that booty and I want to possess it!” Coleman replied.
“Anything else, my child?” Magee asked, keeping up the charade.
“Adultery, coveting her possessions and did I mention adultery?” Coleman said still enjoying the view that Henderson was unknowingly presenting him.
“Adultery, huh? And when did you commit these acts?” Father Magee asked.
“I haven’t, yet,” Coleman answered.
Coleman’s frat boy-like confident attitude in regards to actually being able to woo Henderson in anyway whatsoever made the rest of the group roll their eyes. It was about this time that Henderson caught on to exactly what was happening behind her back. Having listened for a brief second she decided that she wanted to ruin the moment for them and Mother Nature had provided her with the perfect opportunity.
Bending back over and running her hands down ward from her lower back in a sensual manner she stopped them on her butt. Henderson turned her head back slowly to look at them and flicked her pony tail up and over the other side of her face. Making eye-to-eye contact, she looked Coleman directly in the eyes, made a kissing gesture with her lips and let loose the biggest fart that any of them had ever heard come out of a woman.
The campsite exploded with laughter and the guys knew they had been had. It was moments like this that kept Henderson from leaving the department. She could handle the harassment and yet was always one step ahead of the men.
“You just shit on me while I was in confession,” Magee said.
“Sorry father, but I guess that makes it a holy shit,” Henderson said, again one step ahead of them even with jokes. The softer mood of their joking carried on while they continued to set the camp and prepare their meals.
With camp set and their stomachs filled to the brim, the topic of conversation turned back into their so-called training mission.
“Now I am sure you are all wondering why the hell I have dragged you out here,” the sheriff said. The group sat, nodding in silence, waiting on what was to follow.
“Now, I will admit I have