Sam stood up and reach out a hand to me. I took her hand and stood with her.
“Ow…can you carry me home? I’m a bit sore..”Sam said.
“Yeah, hop on”, I said as I turn my back towards her and kneel.
“How did you know I was here?” I said as I started to walk back to the ranch.
“I don’t know, intuitions I guess…but I’m happy I made it in time…”
We were half way back to the ranch and the rain has subsided a bit.
“Dad, Your left cheek….does it hurt? It’s bleeding…”
“I’m fine Sam..”
“….You know that man at the hot spring….he really did try to rape me.”
“Uh huh…”
“Really Dad, when we heard you calling my name, I told him to stop and get off me and he wouldn’t. He called me a whore and tried to put his nasty smelly tiny penis inside me.”
“Yeah…”
“I’m serious Dad, please believe me.”
“I do…”
“You don’t sound like it tho- Ugh..hey why did you stop? I almost bit my tongue.”
There’s two unconscious bodies near the path back to the ranch. One seems like a mid twenty year old female while the other looks like a boy around Sam’s age. Sam hops off my back and limps to them.
“What are you doing Sam?”
“We have to help them…” Sam said looking back at me.
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