Chapter 163

• She threw every bit of wood on the fire and the conflagration lit up a wide berth around the sandbar. Then she undressed me and cursed me at the same time as she cried seeing the scratches and bruises all over my body. I went into the fetal position around the fire and mercifully I passed out still hearing her cuss me for being a fool.
• When I came back to the world I was still in the fetal position, the fire was still roaring, a new stockpile of wood was on hand and once again my clothes were being dried from the heat of the fire and Gayle was behind me forming her body against my back to provide body heat. I groggily asked her how long I was out and she replied it wasn't important. I just needed to rest and remain warm.
• So we remained on the ground in that position and of all the positions I had fantasized myself with Gayle since I first met her, this was one I hadn't figured on. She began apologizing profusely to me. Had she only thought about what I had to do she would've never asked me to do it. I told her to shut up, no one forced a gun to my head to do it.