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