Back in the house, he sat on his throne and attacked the newspaper. Benny lay beside him apparently in a deep sleep.He put the paper down and resumed ...he worrying that had been surfacing every day since he learned of his position in the competition for the job at Poly. He knew for sure that tomorrow, he would begin putting the finishing touches on his presentation to the faculty describing his most recent research. He knew that the presentation absolutely had to go well for them to consider. 'She is dead, and we owe you nothing, ' I fired right back.'Wrong the debt is a family debt and needs to be paid off, ' he countered'Now hear me out. The debt is at thirty thousand, including interest owed. Now if the girls work for me over the next six months on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. I will consider the debt paid in full, ' he laid the information out there for the three of us to digest.'Now you listen to me you fucking leech. I will not pay you a fucking dime and the girls. “What would be your last request?” she asked.“Could you just shoot me now and ask the questions later?”She laughed. and said, “That kind of defeats the purpose of an interrogation.”“I was afraid that was going to be your answer.”“Let’s get started. What were you doing sitting on the park bench that morning?” she asked.“I was waiting to observe a kidnapping,” he answered deciding that the truth was going to be the only real option and hoped they believed him.“That’s an interesting answer. Did. He is here. But as I blink the water from my eyes he is gone. A figment of my imagination. Suddenly I feel strong hands grasp me from below the water, and I struggle but I cant get free. I am pulled under into the deathlike embrace of a creature from below. Its arms encircle me and despite my struggle for air it pins me to itself. Then as suddenly as it came I can feel its lips upon mine, its warm tongue probing every wet crevice of my open mouth. My head surfaces momentarily and I gasp for.