With only one hand on the wheel, she made a very eratic turn from the main street she was on to a side street that would take her back toward home. Sh... had trouble staying in her lane until she gave up on the top and used both hands to steer.But it was too late for good driving, she found, as a police siren started up from one of the smaller side streets. Glancing in her rear view mirror, Tammie saw a squad car turn out onto the road behind her. She cursed her dumb luck and pulled off to the. He leaned forward and whispered in her ear, waiting for her nod. When she did, he looked at Kate. "Is this all you have, some fingerprints that my client has explained, and the ramblings of a man whose addictions were well known?" Is that what your client is saying this is? A series of ramblings, something that Reggie just made up? You think he just made all of this up, Stella? And you expect me to believe that?" Kate put all the disbelief she could muster into her voice. "You have to be. My voice began soft and gentle, my body slouched and awkward as I stood there, but by the end I stood upright and defiant. My eyes were open and I stared at the class, challenging them to refuse me justice." ... You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind. If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated. The world was back to the way it had been when he first came into being. Even the pitiful creatures were gone. The animals and plants had never mattered but then man had appeared. He sighed again. Man had been fun in a contemptible way. They were so far beneath him but then again they had something he needed. They had a spirit and a freedom that was scary even to someone who had never known fear. Why had he allowed them to breed and multiply? To this day he didn’t have a clear answer to that.