"Let me go," she said.

"You hurt my feelings," he told her. "I was trying to be nice and you hurt my feelings."

"I'm sorry," she said.

"That won't do. You're going to have to make it up to me."

She was suddenly very frightened. There was not much chance that anyone was going to be coming into the store this late in the day. Everyone knew that Conners closed his store on the dot. And nobody would be missing her. She was starting to realize that she was at this man's mercy. "I have a cot in the back," he said.

"You must be crazy," she said.

He put his arms around her. She struggled but she was no match for him. He crushed her tight against his chest. She felt his fat hands stroking her back. She thought she was going to be sick as his hands slipped down her back and cupped the soft cheeks of her ass. She couldn't escape from those hands. She had never hated a man's touch so much, but he wouldn't release her.

"You feel real nice," he said. "Just like a woman should. You know, I've always wanted to feel your ass!"

"Let me go," she said.

"Baby," he said. There was the sudden sound of a threat in his voice. "You can do this the easy way or the hard way. Now, doing it the hard way might get you hurt. Bad hurt. And nobody's going to care."

What he said was true. She could fight him and he would end up getting what he wanted anyway. Only she would suffer more. A big man like Conners might hurt her worse than he intended. He might break something or ruin her looks. Lynn knew she was going to be on her own for a long while. If she wanted to find a new husband, she had to use what she had. Few men would want to marry a woman who had a broken nose and all her teeth missing.

"All right," Lynn agreed. "I won't fight you. I don't want you to hurt me."