He snorts. “Yes, Sola said you’d say something like that. She’s told me all about you and what you did to her. You’ve lost. And now Sola’s going to have her way with you.”
My stomach clutches. “Why don’t you just kill me and get it done? You’ve been playing your games for long enough.”
Juliana bares her teeth, eyes glittering. “And I’ve not finished playing them yet, Larry Dear. Oh, you're not going to die. Not yet. I want you to live for a long, long time…”
The tape grabs at my face, tightens over my lips. I can’t reply.
Juliana moves over me, looking closely at my face. “Scared yet, Larry?” Then to Jose, “Get him in the car. First, we get him out of sight. Then we trank him.”
*****
It takes the pair of them to lift me; her at my feet, him at my shoulders; carrying me to a car parke
