....explain to the police....." cried Rachel. Again, Jackson looked grim. "I have to tell you that in this province, the penalty for your offence is......." He hesitated. "Execution by firing squad, for a local..." Both girls gasped. "And up to thirty years imprisonment, without remission, for foreigners." The girls began to sob uncontrollably as his words sunk in. Jackson had told them the unvarnished truth. That was indeed the local law, and life was pitifully expendable in this remote. "Our guest has arrived, Vivian, and she is the picture of loveliness," he called over his shoulder, then bent and kissed her hard on the month. Marily drew back as though he had slapped her. She saw Vivian standing in the doorway, her arms extended. "You're quite right, Peter, she is lovely. Come in, Dear, come in. What have you been doing all day besides making yourself lovely for us Peter get her a drink quickly and let's go in here I'm taking her away from you Peter if you're not going to. And, as early as 10, she stopped paying for a babysitter, and I was on my own after school for several hours. Around 12, when I finally realized what I could do with my penis, I also realized how beautiful my mom was. I’m pretty sure she quickly saw how I started looking at her differently because, one day, her bed time clothing changed. What she used to wear, most often, was a shirt that was just a little too short to cover the lower portion of her stomach, and some short pajama shorts. At. Uncaring that here was my release from the mindless boredom of this stinking cell. Not if it came from this disapproving man dripping in the stench of cheap cologne. ‘Grave robbing, Tomas? Grave Robbing!’ he spat at me as he stepped inside the metal doorway. My father looked me up and down then at the drunk nearby. ‘I think I would rather call him my son.’ ‘And I would rather he was my father than you, so we’re even. Better a drunk for a dad than a cocaine junkie for a father.’ I looked to the.