English : The Honeymoon Couple (Pasangan Berbulan Madu) - Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO

Reining his horse to the left and urging it into an easy trot, newlywed Gene Barber rode up alongside his young wife Nancy and growled, complainingly, “I’ve just about had it! We’ve been riding for hours tracking those damned elk, and my tail is beaten to a pulp!”

“Well… if you kept yourself in shape, it wouldn’t bother you!” Nancy said it flatly.

“We should’ve turned back when it started snowing! I can’t seem to get it through that damned Indian’s head that it’s no life or death matter!” Gene grated. “Personally, I don’t give a damn one way or the other whether I get to shoot an elk or not!”

“This is what we came up here for… isn’t it?”

“No, darling, we came up here so that we could talk… about us… remember?” he shot back. “But, so far we haven’t gotten to first base!”

“What do you want to talk about?”

“Well… for starters, I think we should talk about our almost non-existent sex life after only a year of marriage… or rather my non-existent sex life!”

“What’s that supposed to mean, darling?”

“Where the hell were you for over an hour last night?”