He laughed. "I'm working up asweat, here."The redhead grabbed a bottled water off of his amp and sprawled out onthe basement floor. His sleeveless b...ack 'Ramones' t-shirt was dampwith perspiration. He wore black 'Chucks' Converse low-top tenny shoeswith no socks and tattered cut off denim shorts that came to his knee.He tucked one foot under his thigh.Pokey sat behind the drum kit checking the text messages on his cellphone.Ashley had a naturally outgoing personality and little, if. If they wanted a professional job done efficiently then those were my conditions. 'Give me the address of the Motel and I'll see you there'.Coming down the hill the adrenaline began to pump in anticipation. This was the moment I'd been waiting for. I hadn't seen any apparent hazards from the top so it was 'all on'.Around the last corner I snicked down a gear, straightened up then snapped on the throttle. The purr from the twin Conti Exhaust changed to an angry bark as the Tachometer hurried. The public face of KOC did charity drives for abused women and was one of the, as a Chi Omega president described them, “the biggest bunch of goody two shoes on campus”, they were also secretly Witches.They liked to think of themselves as “good Witches”, but as everybody knows and concedes, “Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”, so there had been a few “bad Witches” over the years too. All together there were some 100 chapters of KOC in the United States, and almost that many. Fortunately, the place was almost deserted because the new shift was not due for another hour and the old one was still scattered hither and yon on the darkened mean streets.I saw a cleaning lady face down in her cleaning pail and she was missing the top of her head indicating they were using shotguns for fatal results and maximum coverage without much need for marksmanship.Inside the bull pen, I saw Rita slumped in a pool of blood right next to Detective Jones. She was still alive but I could.