”“The kidnappers told me that for every day I was late, they would send me body parts from my beloved wife and daughter. Prince Byron agreed to st...y at my house so they could contact him if they needed to. He promised to keep pleading for their safe return.”“I damned near killed myself and two lankys getting back to the crystal cavern in three days. I was able to blink as far as Quartz Dale the first day, but I had to ride from there to here. As you two know it is at best a six-day trip on. Our stomachs were filled to overflowing by the time Willa sat down to chat with us before we said goodnight.After we got Jennifer belted into her seat in the back of my SUV, she said, "Brian, Mommy says you bought her a new car today, and it is the one we went for a ride in, before. And Mommy said you bought Grandpa a car today, too. And Mommy said you bought yourself one, while you were there. Is that true?" Why Jennifer, whatever makes you ask such a question? Your mommy always tells you the. All of it had turned me on immensely.I undressed her and fucked her lifeless body in the back of the van. When David woke the next day, we trussed the body and backpack of drugs inside a sleeping bag. The next night it went into the river, weighted with large stones from the riverbank.I remembered it well.“Could you do it again? You know. To her.” “What would you inherit?” I asked. “As a reference point.”“Two million”.“I want twenty grand, cash. Don’t call this number again. I’ll let. “So, Morton, what are you going to do now that you can’t sew your seeds of the devil any more? You really are the devil incarnate. You made a shitload of money off that Bible Church – off those mostly poor people. Are you going to some tropical paradise to spend your ill-gotten gains or will you give it back in a flush of charitable repentance?”Alice heard Morton arguing back with her, something about not caring what happened or where the money was or something strange. The words were garbled.