Andy Pardoe paused, as if searching for the appropriate word. “I hear she wasn’t …fucked,” he said, finally. He uttered the phrase softly, fearing someone might overhear. “I don’t understand,” said Neal McMaster.Despite Andy’s caution, Neal’s older brother, Leland, had overheard and now joined the conversation, turning to Neal as if to explain. “He means like this, moron.” The older boy formed the forefinger and thumb of his left hand into a ring. Inserting his right index finger through the opening, he pulled it forward and back, forward and back in a rapid thrusting motion. “I know that,” said Neal, visibly embarrassed. “But what does it mean?”“It means she wasn’t raped,” Ed Dojcsak said.“C’mon, Ed, she was butt naked,” said Leland. As if to complete the statement, he added, “You knob.”“Her clothes could have been torn away on the rocks, after she went over the damn,” Dojcsak countered weakly.“Dojcsak,” McMaster said, “Do this town a favor.
