Chapter 10
All the color drained from Vaughn’s face. “Why would you ask such a thing from me, Franklin?”
“You know precisely why.”
“Franklin…”
“Oh, Vaughn. Don’t be so dramatic. After what you just told me, it shouldn’t be a major production.”
“If that is what you think, then you have not listened enough.”
“You gave it a fifty-fifty chance of working.” Frank got back into the hole and dug. The ground was nice and soft, but hand digging a grave still took a long time. By the time Frank was finished, he had to convince Vaughn to stop his heart and then bring him back. “We try it for a brief time. If it doesn’t work, we try it again and again.”
He dug quietly for a good long while, allowing the request to sink in. He knew Vaughn well. Vaughn was a thinker. He paced, stopping to look do
