.. and I knew exactly where to find the blood that would be spilled.It took a few weeks to build an airtight case. Those weeks were pure torture becau...e I needed the relief that would come only after I spent a few days with those responsible inside a locked, soundproof room.The pastor once said, “All things come to him who waits...”He was oh so right.It was either very late, or really early. Take your pick.The room was very dark.It didn’t matter how much light bathed the lone figure.Light. As she stared into the scratched bathroom mirror, she puzzled about whether to go home or go to her friend Judy’s house to sort things out. After her encounter with her husband Jack that morning, she thought better of going home and drove over to Judy’s.Judy answered the door in a tennis skirt and bikini top, and said, “Hey Gail, I was just doing some work around the house, didn’t dress for company, what’s….” and she stopped in mid sentence. Looking at her old friend in astonishment, she. .."Bella shuddered."Well, so what?" Lydia said. "Hera always was pretty uptight. If Uriah's half as well-hung as they say he is, I can almost see why she'd want to stay with him."Bella was appalled."Please say you're being facetious."Lydia sighed."Okay, so I'm being facetious. Now what is it about this novel that's got under your skin?" This novel," Bella said, shaking the book accusingly, "is nothing less than a bald indictment of Uriah Bounty's corruption of countless innocent women.. I pulled all the shades in the house to make everything as dark as possible so the only light he would see would be from the seemingly hundreds of candles I have lit through out the house and from the fireplace that is now blazing. A jumble of silk and satin blankets and pillows are laid out in front of the fire. The candles are making dancing shadows on the walls. Our dinner is cooking slowly in the oven and the champagne is chilling. I have bathed myself in jasmine scented water, done my.