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Not just another weekend up at the cabin, three couples are forced to have sex with one another.
Jeff and his friends, George and John, loaded up the Chevy Suburban for some fun at the cabin on the lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Normally going without their wives for some hunting, fishing, drinking, and alone time, this time, the three men took their wives with them for a getaway weekend. Jeff took his wife, Joan, George took his wife Anne, and John took his wife, Christine. Jeff couldn't wait to drive the twisty and curvy Kangamangus highway with its long straightaways for passing in his new truck.
All about the same age, all six friends were in their early forties. Leaving the kids home with their grandmothers, this is the first time in a long time that they've gone anywhere without their kids. Roughing it somewhat, this is the first time that all six friends would be sleeping at the cabin. Normally, it's just the three men roughing it, with the small A frame cabin having only one bedroom, a small kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and a big main room with a fireplace, the cabin was meant for two people, maybe four, but not built for the comfort of six people. Yet, cheaper than staying at a motel and forever bonding the couples together with fond memories of spending quality time together in the White Mountains, the cabin was just a place to sleep after enjoying being out in nature for the day.
A beautiful spot to go camping, hiking, hunting, and fishing, the six friends would rather go to the mountains than to go to the beach. Where the beaches are always hot, noisy, and overcrowded, the mountains are always cool, scenic, and peaceful. The scenic view from the cutouts along the Kangamangus highways while traveling higher and higher are just breathtaking. Also, the cutouts allow campers and recreational vehicles collecting behind them to pass.
This time, something they've never done in all the years they've been coming to the White Mountains, they intended to drive to the top of the Mount Washington via the auto road and to tour the observatory and buy souvenirs at the gift shop. At 6,288 feet, Mount Washington is the highest peak in northeastern United States and the most prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. While driving up through the mountain range, virtually surrounded by the mountain, there's a sensation that you can roll down your window and touch it. One can certainly feel the pressure popping your ears, smell the freshness of the mountain air, and see the babbling mountain water while driving by rocky streams. Nature at its best, sometimes a bear, a deer, a moose, coyotes, and even wolves will reveal themselves in the distance.
Accustomed to coming up here safely for years without incident, they never thought, didn't even suspect, that their weekend away from civilization would be a weekend filled with terror. They never thought they'd regret their decision to leave their guns home. They never thought that even up here, way up in the mountains, that they'd have to lock their doors in fear and for their own safety in the way they had to do when living in the city of Boston. Their biggest fear has always been coming in contact with a bear and not with three violent men determined to do them bodily harm.
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As soon as Jeff, George, and John unloaded the truck, and went inside the cabin to relax, three armed men opened the unlocked, front door of the cabin with guns drawn. Way out in the middle of nowhere, Jeff bought this particular cabin because the quiet isolation. Their closest neighbor is five, long, trudging through the forest or driving down the winding mountain road, miles away.
Aside from driving up a two way, narrow road in plain sight of their big, bay window, anyone needing to reach the cabin on foot had to walk through the dense and sometimes dangerous woods. Someone would have to know these woods to reach their cabin by foot. With no phone and no computer, should there be an emergency, all they had were their cell phones.
"Take what you want," said Jeff. He brushed back his black hair to look at each man with his brown eyes before reaching in his pocket to pull out his money clip with several hundred dollars. He handed his money to the man who was seemingly in charge before holding his hands up in the air. "Just don't hurt us."
The man closest to Jeff took his money and then took off his hat, a sweat stained John Deer baseball cap, and put it on the coffee table upside down.
"I want to see six cell phones in my hat," he said staring down at his hat before staring up at the six people. "If I only see five cell phones, I'll shoot one of you to make the cell phones equation equal to the number of people in this room," he said looking around the room at all six people. "Then, after you deposit your cell phones in my hat, empty your pockets and purses beside my hat."
As if they were playing a wife swapping game with house keys, immediately, Jeff, George, and John removed their cell phones from their pockets and put them in the hat. Next, Joan, Anne, and Christine removed their cell phones from their purses and put them in the hat too. The three men emptied their pockets of their wallets and cash and the three women dumped their purses on the coffee table.
"Good. That's good," said the man picking up each cell phone and removing the battery while his two friend went through the contents on the coffee table searching for valuables.
He looked from Jeff, George, and John to look at Joan, Anne, and Christine.
"My name is Darryl," said Darryl with a big smile while looking around at each person. "I'm pleased to meet you all."
Darryl had brown hair and stood about 5'11" tall. He had a muscular build as if he worked as a lumberjack or in construction.
"Hi," said Jeff. "Under the circumstances, I can't say that it's good to meet you."
As if he was Boyd Crowder from Justified, Darryl gave him a big, white tooth smile.
"Oh contraire," said Darryl. "I'm happy to make all of your acquaintances," he said looking from one to the other. "Yes, I am," he said nodding his head.
Jeff shot him a look of derision.
"Why is that? Why are you so happy to make all of our acquaintances? I'd rather you just take what you want and just leave," said Jeff.
Darryl seemed eager to engage Jeff by enlightening him.
"Being that I'm a people person, I like meeting new people. Moreover, the only time we have anything of consequence to do around here is during the tourist season," he said with a laugh.
"Well, you must have a busy schedule in the summer as the White Mountains are littered with tourists," said Jeff.
"Indeed, we have been busy. Actually, the good thing about robbing tourists is, here today and gone tomorrow," he said with a shrug and a laugh. "We never see them again and they never report us. A win/win for both of us, we're happy to relieve them of some much needed money and they're happy to return home alive. Call it a use tax of the scenic mountains if you will."
When Darryl laughed, his two friends laughed with him.
"I'm glad we can occupy you, entertain you, and enrich you," said Jeff with sarcasm.
Darryl eyed Jeff before turning to his two friends.
"Forgive my rudeness but this is my brother Larry," he said pointing to the man closest to him, a man who stood about 5'9" tall and was heavyset before turning to the other man. "That's my other brother, Larry," he said pointing to a man who stood about 6'1" and was thin. "Now you. Who are you? Tell me your names, your first name only and your relation to one another," he said.
He looked at the six people while waiting for someone to speak. With Jeff doing all the talking, seemingly Jeff was the appointed spokesman of the group.
"I'm Jeff. That's my wife Joan," said Jeff pointing to Joan. "And these are our closest friends George and his wife, Anne, and John and his wife, Christine," he said.
As if he was a psychiatrist meeting people for the first time, Darryl looked down the line of six people.
"Nice to meet you, Jeff, Joan, George, Anne, John, and Christine," he said nodding his head after saying each name as if he was memorizing their names. "Now who owns the cabin?"
He looked at Jeff, the driver of the truck who had pulled up to the cabin.
"We do, my wife and I," said Jeff. "We own the cabin. We bought it several years ago as a place to get away from things. We love the White Mountains."
Darryl scooped up the cell phones and put his hat back on his head.
"Start a fire," ordered Darryl to Jeff.
Immediately Jeff put some wood in the fireplace and started a fire. Once the fire started blazing, Darryl took all six cell phones, less their batteries and threw them in the fire.