Consider yourself lucky. This is nothing compared to that," Jasper shot back at her.He didn't kill me. He plans to keep me alive so he can torture me ...entally, she thought.Alice dropped down on her knees, crying and clasping her hands together, begging him for forgiveness so that he can let her go."Please forgive me for my trespasses. I had no idea what they were going to do to you. I'm really sorry. Please don't do this to me. I'm nowhere as strong as you," Alice pleaded and begged.Jasper was. About 4 o'clock the next day I saw Betsy getting her mail. I slipped out of the apartment and came up the road as if I was going to the apartments. I walked up to her and pretended to ask her the direction to a friends place. When she was about to answer I said," Wait a minute? Aren't you Betsey Byrant? Don't you remember me? I am Jim from school." This had her thoroughly confused and I moved in for the kill. I rambled on about some made up school career until she invited me to her place. I had. " She stood up, threw her arms around my neck, and gave me a big hug, pressing her breasts into my face in the process. "Is that all? Why didn't you just call me?" I asked, when I could breathe again. "We tried," Mel said. "But we couldn't get through." I picked up my phone from where it had been lying on my desk. The screen was dark, and wouldn't come to life when I tapped it. The battery! I'd forgotten to charge it last night. I felt like an idiot. "And..." Mel continued, resuming her 'about. She suspected it might have been brought on by his years of work in the mine, but no one could be sure. He lasted until November.Lisa had expected to begin grad school that September but had postponed it until January because of her father's illness. Instead of going back to the remote house, her parents had stayed with Lisa in her apartment in Columbus so her father could more easily get medical treatment. Mostly her mother did stay with her while her father spent most of his remaining months.