“Remember, you got to be thinkin’ about oil, Duncan,” William yelled to him.“We’ll help you think of oil, Daddy,” Isaac said as they all t...ought of the slick black sludge on the black water pools all over their place.“Lee Yu, are you Lilly Beth thinkin’ real hard about oil?” Duncan said and laughed. He figured he could at least have some fun with the young’uns.“I sure am. I think you’re about to find oil, Duncan, I feel it,” Lee Yu said, just as the pointed end of the stick flipped downward. A cold sweat broke out on her forehead and she gripped her shirt at her stomach as if she could trap the succubus inside. “I’m sorry!” she cried and ran out of the store, almost knocking a woman over on the way out the door..Lori ran to the side of the building and leaned against the cool brick. ''Fuck. Get a hold of yourself before you completely lose your shit,” she murmured.She rubbed her hands over her face and when she looked up Harriet was standing in front of her. Harriet had been. .. what did you do last night to bring it on?"Sylvie remained silent and tight-lipped. What on earth had ever made her think that she and Arlene were as close as sisters? Obviously there was no one in the entire world she could depend on... not even herself! She wondered vaguely if Arlene suspected that Erick had come to visit her, but then brushed it aside. No one would ever suspect the depths of degradation she had been dragged through by her evil brother-in-law!"Probably screwing too much!". Doug grinned, “That was the best and warmest welcome I’ve ever gotten anywhere. Thank you.” He kissed the top of Gin’s head, and then directed his attention to me.Doug said, “I actually came to invite Steve to go to coffee with me. Call it a male-bonding thing, but I thought maybe we should talk after what happened last night. It’s nothing bad, at least on our part. I just think we should clear the air – mano-a-mano, so to speak.”Ginger interrupted, “Oh, boo hiss. You didn’t come by to plunder.