I screamed for him to stop. "What are you doing? You need to leave now." I got up and grabbed his arm. He pulled me close to him and whispered in my e...r "don't fight it, you are going to love this, I promise." I pulled away in horror. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Where the hell is Derek?My husband came through the bed room door just as started I to yell. "Hey, hey, what's the problem out here? I told you I had a surprise for you. Leroy is your surprise. Well, he will benefit us both.". I felt nothing for the target as Graham took aim. He pulled the trigger and the man dropped. Nothing happened for a while then two men came out, saw the body, and went wild. They were running around the building, searching behind abandoned cars and bins.The thought of a marksman hadn't crossed their minds. They eventually went back in then came out again with another man who was carrying an automatic weapon. He looked around and went back in. One of the original two then dragged the body back. "Call it intuition."For example," I softly explained, continuing that chain of thought, "Suppose they couldn't find Sara after killing very vulnerable Peter. Maybe they'd keep going after other brothers or sisters until they ran out of siblings to placate their hateful revenge."Plus, there's one more thing I haven't mentioned." What's that," they all asked in unison.Then, even more softly I admitted, "My middle name is Parker."I'm a direct descendent of Mary Parker."Half of my friends. The green forests beyond the bus windows soon reverted to quaint suburban mother-daughter homes with warped aluminum siding and billboards high above ground that tackily blared advertisements that now replaced vacant hillsides. Strip malls with fast food restaurants and bright neon signs that offered fried value meals and lucky sweepstakes contests filled in the spaces where parks ought to have been. The roadway narrowed to a two-lane avenue that ran between mid-rise buildings of dark-brown.