PART THIRTEEN: (17:35-18:40)

KEVIN KLING

Midnight was fast approaching. It was time to act.

Suddenly, I flung myself against Tina's . Her hollow bones cracked under my weight. Rooster was up in a flash, spurs whistling by my head. On the next pass, I grabbed a scaly leg. Pinned him in a double chicken wing, quick  his tummy and watched as his eyes rolled up in his head, hypnotized.

"All right, my friend," I said, "Act like a . . . "

"Hold it right there!" It was Doreen. Even as she pointed Tina's snubnose .357 at me, I realized I loved her, loved her with all my.

What a woman. If only things were different. If only .... No! How many secrets from the plant had I already willingly turned over in the heat of passion. I could not make the same mistakes again! I would not play the cuckold.

I rushed for the , heard a loud "NOOOOOO..." Then Blam, Blam.