Rick stared down the barrel of the gun for what seemed like an eternity
Before asking Evelyn why she wanted to shoot him
She apologized and said she thought a fox was after the chickens
When she saw the barn door opening she instinctively pointed the gun there
Rick knew she was lying because he had not heard anything disturbing the chickens
He suggested she come in the barn so they could stake out the fox from the side window
She agreed and came inside standing close to him at the window
Rick told her she looked beautiful in the moonlight
They kissed and fell to the floor in a passionate embrace
Go slowly she gasped its been a long time since either of us did this
She left the barn before dawn and slipped back to her room
I hope she worries about that fox again Rick said to himself
Rick met with Mr Jones at the farm the next day
He wanted to know if Rick could fix farm machinery
Sure I can said Rick and he started work straight away
Within a week he had everything running smoothly
The farm had not been maintained well and Mr Jones was in his late seventies
Rick noticed a man called Bobby came by every week to pay Mr Jones
Mr Jones explained that he had no time to work on selling the farm production
Bobby was an agent for a big company who bought from all the local farms
Mr Jones said he could not afford to buy any more spare parts for the machinery
Rick became suspicious that something was not right
He asked Mr jones if he take a look at the books
Mr Jones agreed and fortunately for Rick it was all hand written ledgers
Rick had studied book keeping and some contract law in prison
He noticed that the payments from Bobby represented a lot less than their true value
He said nothing to Mr Jones and waited for an opportunity to confront Bobby
A few weeks later Mr Jones had gone into town when Bobby showed up
After the truck was loaded with produce Bobby started to write a check
Not so fast said Rick you are underpaying Mr Jones and have been for years
Bobby laughed in his face and said thats the kind of loose talk that gets folk killed around here
Besides its your word against mine and nobody believes an ex-con
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