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their thirst Algernon came in and sat down at the bar with Nick. Rocky had gone to the restroom and Jo was at the table alone. Algernon spotted Jo
when he sat down. Seeing the way Al looked at her Nick said "just got here before you came in. Rocky came out of the restroom and saw Jo and Al at the table together so he went out the backdoor so Al would not see him. He let Joan set up what they had already schemed up on the way down.


Joan said she would get a motel room but Al said no. stay with me .Jo knew she needed to stay in touch with Rocky so she no not now. Rocky had walked down the road to a motel and got a room while Jo and Al talked.Algernon told Jo how good he had made it with the business and he could take care of her if she would stay with him .Al bought Jo a lot of drinks to get her drunk, guessing she would go home with him.


As Al was getting Jo to his truck Nick said "what about the guy she was with. "Jo heard Nick and told Al just someone that gave her a ride and had already gone. Algernon took Jo home with him and let her sleep it off. Al fixed Jo some cereal and milk for breakfast and told her to just stay there and sober upwhile he went to work..


After Jo was alone she looked the house over for Al's safe and his money .Jo did not find any signs of money nor a safe. Jo found the phonebook and looked for the motel Rocky went to .Jo found only one motel in the phonebook for Nugene. She said that hotel must be where Rocky was staying.


The phone rung loudly and woke Rocky. .he hesitated then he thought, Joan was the only one that knew he was there and answered the phone. Jo told Rocky that she couldn't find a safe or any money .Rocky said Algernon must be keeping his money at the boat shop. Jo said well what do we do now. Rocky told Jo to go to the shop with Al the next day and see if she could find the safe

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Al could hardly wait to get home that night and have his way with Jo. She was to tired and had to much to drink the night before. When Al got home that evening Jo was trying to fix him some supper. Jo found only a few potatoes and some eggs, so it was American fries and eggs for supper.Al apologized for not having much to eat and said He and Jo would go to Nugene in the morning to get some groceries if she was going to stay with him.When they had eaten and Jo cleaned the small kitchen Al called Jo over to his side on the couch and held her hand lightly as she sat beside him. After a long and passionate kiss, both were ready for the bedroom .Jo was playing her part so well Al really had no idea what she was up to .


When they woke up the next morning Al said get ready and we will go into town and get a few things they needed. Al left and went to the shop before Jo got ready Jo thought maybe Al was getting some money for the goods they would pick up in town. Jo and Al went to a small grocery store and Al let Jo gather what she needed to keep them fed for a week. Al told Jo he was going to get a haircut while she was getting the groceries .Rocky saw them go into the grocery store and he saw Al leave .Rocky went into the store to talk to Jo. She told Rocky about Al going to the shop before they left home probably to get some money. Rocky said that’s where the safe is most likely to be. The cashier knew Al and everyone else in town since it was a small town. She saw Jo come in with
Al and now talking to another stranger.. Al got his haircut and stopped to see Nick at the bar while in town. Nick told Al that the man Jo came in with was staying in the motel. down the street. Algernon remembered Josaid she had hitched a ride with that man .Al asked Nick what the man looked like .Well said Nick, he was tall , well built and had a cajun like accent, Nick said the man also had a small scar on his chin that looked like a potato chip


. Al knew that man was Rocky Webster from New Orleans .Al wondered why
Rocky had went out when he came into the bar the other night. Nick said that Jo and Rocky had been talking about doing something to get some money .Al asked Nick if would keep an eye on the guy for him .Nick said “you bet I will, don’t like his looks anyway”.


When Al got back to the grocery store to meet Jo she was almost ready to check out. Kate Carter the cashier asked Al if he would help her put a big box on the top of a tall shelf. As Algernon was helping herKate told him about Jo talking to the stranger Al asked Kate did the stranger have a scar on his chin.Kate said yes, do you know him. “ I think so” Al said to Kate.” Maybe I know him to good”.


Al was not Ignorant by no means so he wondered why Jo hadn't just said she got a ride with Rocky instead of just a man. Al didn't want Jo to leave him so He did not say anything about what he had heard from Nick and Kate while they were shopping in town.
Al didn't know that Rocky and Joan had just planned to search his shop later that night .When Joan and Algernon got back Al went to work and told Jo to put up the groceries.
Jo did what Al told her to but as soon as she finished she went to the shop to have a look around. Jo needed to have some information about the shop layout for Rocky .As Jo went into the shop she heard Al doing something in the office.
Jo peeked through a crack in the old walls and she saw Al dialing the combination on the safe .A number she would easily remember 38-24-36 ,exactly her measurements. That was all the information she needed to tell Rocky. Now she thought Do I really need Rocky since I already know the combination .Jo rushed back to the house to call Rocky and tell him where the safe was located. Jo lied to Rocky about where the
safe was located. Jo wanted to open it first and get a lot of the money without Rocky knowing about it and keep it for herself.


Joan and Rocky's plan was that she would have sex and drinks with Al until very late and when Al passed out they would meet at the shop get the money from the safe and leave Nugene for the Florida Keys. Everything was working fine at the house. Rocky was on his way to the shop down the long dirt road to meet Jo. Rocky looked at his watch to see what time it was because they had set the time to meet at 3 am. While looking at his watch Rocky ran off the road into the swamp below. He was thrown into the dashboard and killed instantly.Rocky’s feet were hanging out the door floating in the swamp water.


Jo was getting up to meet Rocky at the shop .She waited a half hour longer that what was planned so she went in, opened the safe and got the money bag .Jo did not count the money she just took the bag and walked down the road to meet Rocky. After a mile up the road Jo saw the headlights off the road ahead .She ran to the truck ,she knew it was Rocky's over in the swamp .When Jo got close to the truck she saw Rocky still in the truck. She thought he was knocked out and was unconscious . She checked his pulse she found out that he was dead. Though she hated the fact that Rocky had died she was going on with the plan.
It was another 8 or 9 miles yet to Nugene so she headed back to Al's shop to get a boat and go by water to Nugene. Jo got the boat and started back to town very slowly because she didn't know the swamp or the boat that well. Going slow was the worse thing that Jo could do.

Joan hit the bubbles in the swamp, gas was released and she was breathing the fumes. The more gas Jo inhaled the fainter she got. The fog and the gas soon got to Jo and she hit a stump and was thrown out of the boat. She struggled to hold onto the bag but she finally let go of the bag to hold on to a stump Jo slipped loose from the stump and drowned. A crocodile came and ate Jo’s arms and legs leaving the bag floating in the water near her mangled torso.


That morning Al was a little slow about getting up and around He noticed Jo was gone so he fixed some coffee for himself and one for Jo thinking maybe she was outside somewhere. The phone rang so Al answered it. It was Nick Noland from the bar He wanted to let Al know that one of his boats had drifted up near the bar .Al said he would get Jo and pick it up later that day. When Al got to the shop he saw the safe was opened and empty. Al called for Jo but she never answered .Al wanted to tell her that
someone had. opened his safe during the night. When Al didn't find Jo he got his truck and was going to Nick's to check on his boat .


On the way he saw his bag from the safe floating in the swamp near Rocky's truck down in the swamp. All that Al saw was Rocky’s head, and he was sure Rocky had been eaten by a crocodile. Algernon got a stick and pulled his bag back so he could grab it.


When Al got to Nick's he saw his boat tied up to the dock. Algernon told Nick that Jo was gone and a friend of hers named Rocky Webster was eaten by a gator most likely .Al showed Nick the bag that was from his safe. Nick said isn’t that bag the one you keep old papers in..Yes said Al but someone must have thought