" The girl's eyes glistened, hands trembled withexcitement as she gestured to her left. In an ancillary circleconnected to the other runes by intricat... circuits drawn in what seemedto be chicken blood, there sat a somewhat pudgy college sophomore tiedfirmly to a chair. He wore a Sigma-Chi Letter shirt, and the redness ofhis eyes suggested great fatigue or mental impairment."For your payment, I offer the soul of this human, to be your playthingas you sit upon your burning throne of blood and. ”“I can’t stay. I need to investigate this murder and the reasons behind it, Het. I owe Mary that much, especially as I’ve been paid until she leaves.”“Jack mentioned that her husband was murdered, that’s awful, even worse than the suicide the authorities are passing it off as. Whoever did it mustn’t get away with it. Do you want to tell me about it, Ed?”I gave Hettie the full story, about the missing husband, the attack by Curly Cavenagh and Mary’s killing in self defence, the discovery of her. 'WTF', rang through me head, a sudden anger welling up inside me, I have been rejected, after offering my pussy to an old man to pleasure himself with, and I had stopped at the top of the stairwell in disbelief and self-righteous pity, when his door suddenly opened and he appeared and I ran into his open arms.We stood for a few moments behind his closed door, suddenly listening to my mothers footsteps climbing up towards his front door. We held our breaths as she walked past and continued up to. Ill bring you some peppermint tea and dry toast then you can go back to sleep, he said rising to his feet. He left the room. Phoebe dozed off to wake up what seemed like a few minutes later to her dad caressing her cheek. He helped her sit up and she sipped the tea and ate the piece of toast hed brought her. When she finished she sank back onto her pillow and smiled wanly at her dad. Jake leaned down and lightly kissed her forehead. Just take it easy today, kitten, he said as he straightened.