Chapter 79Larry's fist dropped.
The child. The child was back there; it was still shrieking.
Dave's finger hugged the trigger.
The child.
'If he grows up, he'll kill your parents,' Larry had said.
Dave remembered; he remembered what Larry had said.
'He'll break into your house and shoot them both.'
Dave remembered.
'They were asleep...they didn't even know he was there...and he killed them anyway!'
Larry's fist was dropping.
Dave knew what would happen if he didn't shoot.
'I'm...you,' Larry had said.
Dave knew.
The child was back there.
'If he grows up, he'll kill your parents.'
It was a baby. It was only a baby.
'He'll break into your house and shoot them both.'
Only a baby.
'I'm...you.'
Red and red and red.
Dave remembered red and red and red.
'I'm...you.'
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