I sent just the one word. I didn't feel that such a small thing, especially the way I felt, warranted a dead drop. Besides I didn't want to be late fo... work.I carried the shotgun case down to the car. I had a new incentive to carry it. If Ari decided to beat me again for no reason, he would find the twelve gauge up his ass. Still, I needed to play the victim just a while longer to see if I could hook Roland with it.When I walked in the front door of the Paradise I was wearing jeans and my fake. . ?"Valerie cut her off. "He probably knew we wouldn't be here, we sent him the letter, so he knew we were leaving." She pulled on the jacket she'd found under the tree, Matt had to have put it there, didn't he? She turned back to the Air Force woman. She was younger than their mom, but pretty old, probably twenty-five or even older. "How did you find us? It was like you knew right where to go." We did honey, we got your letter." The blonde woman wrapped one arm around Vanessa and gestured with. He stood for a moment with his back to her, wondering what to do next. She helped him out.“Turn around.” He turned around.“I believe, young man, that you have asked your wife for an open relation. Is that right?”“Yes, ma’am.”“Have you forgotten your marriage vows?”“No, ma’am.”“But you wish to explore sex with other women?”He paused, unsure of what he was supposed to answer.“The truth, boy! Now!”“Yes, ma’am.”“And were you aware, when you asked your wife for an open marriage, that it may hurt her. ” Arby stopped at that. “That is odd. It also explains why Wrath believes he is ordained by god to do what he does.” “Did somebody put it there?” I asked, “Or was it made as he was made?” “I don’t know, Diamond.” Arby frowned, “I don’t know why Sentients become what they are. I suspect that during Halok’s degradation, his mutating mind created a purpose for his new self. Perhaps that bible is the last act of Halok.” “That would explain why it was legible,” I mused, “everything after that.